Energy Policy Seminar Series

REI Energy Policy Seminar Series Spring 2021

Leaders from various arenas in the energy policy field will be speaking at Rutgers University. Starting on January 29, 2021 the Rutgers Energy Institute (REI) will commence the spring term with it's Energy Policy Seminar Series presenting the following speakers.

 

Lectures will be available via WebEx or Zoom. Go to our Events Calendar page for additional information.

 

Date Speaker/Affiliation Title Location Bio/Abstract

01/29/21

11:00AM

Alison Bates

Assistant Professor; Environmental Studies, Colby College

"Beyond heat maps: understanding fisheries conflict and coexistence with offshore wind energy to advance a just energy transition"

Zoom 

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Bio/Abstract

Presentation

02/11/21

1:00PM

Jacqueline Berger

President and Co-Founder; Applied Public Policy Research Institute for Study and Evaluation (APPRISE)

"Energy Efficiency Program Evaluation"

Zoom

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Bio/Abstract

Presentation 

03/05/21

11:00AM

Wil Burns

Co-Executive Director, Institute for Carbon Removal Law & Policy, American University & Visiting Professor, Environmental Policy & Culture program, Northwestern University

"Scrubbing the Skies: Carbon Dioxide Removal Approaches and their Potential Role in Addressing Climate Change"

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03/26/21

11:00AM

David McDermott Hughes

Professor; Anthropology, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey

"Who owns wind and sunlight? Property on the renewable resources frontier"

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04/16/21

11:00AM

Hilary Boudet

Assistant Professor; School of Public Policy – Sociology, Oregon State University & Affiliated Researcher; Center for Climate Change Communication, George Mason University

“Community Reactions to Extreme Weather”

Zoom

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Bio/Abstract

Presentation 

04/23/21

11:00AM

Gabriel Chan

Assistant Professor; University of Minnesota, Humphrey School of Public Affairs

“Equitable Community Solar”

Zoom

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Bio/Abstract

Presentation 

 

REI Energy Policy Seminar Series Fall 2020

Leaders from various arenas in the energy policy field will be speaking at Rutgers University. Starting on August 18, 2020 the Rutgers Energy Institute (REI) will commence the fall term with it's Energy Policy Seminar Series presenting the following speakers.

 

Lectures will be available via WebEx or Zoom. Go to our Events Calendar page for additional information.

 

Date Speaker/Affiliation Title Location Bio/Abstract

08/18/20

1:30PM

Seth Hulkower

President, Strategic Energy Advisory Services

"Getting Greener: New York State’s Energy Strategy"

WebEx

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Bio/Abstract

Presentation

08/19/20

10:00AM

Haoyun Wang

Master of City and Regional Planning & Master of Public Informatics, Rutgers University (2020)

"Bikeshare and Subway Ridership Changes during the Pandemic in NYC" 

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09/08/20

1:00PM

Leah Stokes

University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB); Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science and affiliated with the Bren School of Environmental Science & Management and the Environmental Studies Department

"Short Circuiting Policy: Interest Groups and the Battle Over Clean Energy and Climate Policy in the American States" 

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09/25/20

11:00AM

Jennie Stephens

Northeastern University; Director, School of Public Policy & Urban Affairs; Dean’s Professor of Sustainability Science & Policy; Director of Strategic Research Collaborations, Global Resilience Institute

"Diversifying Power: Why We Need Antiracist, Feminist Leadership on Climate and Energy" 

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10/30/20

11:00AM

Dalia Patino-Echeverri

Duke University, Nicholas School of the Environment; Gendell Family Associate Professor

"Reducing Electric Power Sector GHG emissions in the South East: PV, end-use energy efficiency, energy
storage, and better algorithms to schedule and dispatch power plants"

Zoom

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Bio/Abstract

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11/12/20

1:00PM

Burcin Unel

New York University School of Law; Institute for Policy Integrity, Energy Policy Director

"New York Clean Energy Transition: Insights for New Jersey" 

Zoom

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Bio/Abstract

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12/11/20

11:00AM

Rebecca Boehm

Union of Concerned Scientists; Economist, Food and Environment Program

"Sustainable Diets Now and For Generations to Come" 

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Presentation 

 

COVID-19 Rutgers Update

Rutgers University's services and facilities may not be operating or may be operating on limited schedules. Out of caution due to the developing COVID-19 situation, REI has cancelled and postponed all upcoming events in the Spring 2020 semester. Changes to the status of other upcoming REI events will be reviewed and announced as necessary. Join the REI email list-serv for regular updates. Thank you for your understanding and patience. For University-wide updates please visit https://coronavirus.rutgers.edu/

REI Energy Policy Seminar Series Spring 2020

Leaders from various arenas in the energy policy field will be speaking at Rutgers University. Starting on January 22, 2020 the Rutgers Energy Institute (REI) will commence the spring term with it's Energy Policy Seminar Series presenting the following speakers.

 

Lectures generally start at 10:45AM (with refreshments at 10:30AM) unless otherwise noted. Go to our Events Calendar page for additional information. Directions to Bloustein are here.

 

Date Speaker/Affiliation Title Location Bio/Abstract

02/21/20

2:00PM

Rutgers Staff & Faculty, featuring:

Hao Wang, Mark Rodgers, David Coit, Frank Felder, Roger Wang, Clinton Andrews, Joseph Brodie, Mohsen Jafari, Siddika Pasi, Bob Kopp, Emily Sechrist, Ahmed Aziz Ezzat, Onur Bilgen, Zhimin Xi, Hiue Trung Nguyen

"Energy Modeling Round-table"

*Seating is limited for this event. Please inquire with REI, if you are interested in attending*

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02/27/20

4:00PM

 

Jessie Jenkins

Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment

 

 "Getting to Zero: Can America transition to a net-zero emissions energy system?" 

Room 223 (ENR)

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Bio/Abstract

Presentation 

03/13/20

10:45AM

Burcin Unel - CANCELLED

Energy Policy Director, Institute for Policy Integrity

 (Join our email list for regular updates regarding upcoming CANCELLATIONS)

 "New York Clean Energy Transition: Insights for New Jersey"

Room 205  (IFNH)

Flyer

Bio/Abstract

Presentation

03/26/20

2:00PM

David Spence - CANCELLED

Baker Botts Chair in Law and Professor of Business, Government and Society

"Complexity vs. Emotion: Politics, Tradeoffs and the Energy Transition" Auditorium (Bloustein)

Flyer

Bio/Abstract

Presentation

04/01/20

10:45AM

Seth Hulkower - CANCELLED

President, Strategic Energy Advisory Services

"New York Energy Policy"

Auditorium (Bloustein)

 Flyer

Agenda

Presentation

 04/07/20

6:00PM

Panel Speakers include: - CANCELLED

Shawn LaTourette, Clinton Andrews, Joseph Brodie, Dunbar Birnie, Frank Felder, Marjorie Kaplan, Robert Kopp, Christine Morales

"Solve Climate by 2030" Sponsored by RCI, REI, & SEA

REGISTER HERE

Rutgers Academic Building AB2400

 Flyer

Bio/Abstract

Presentation

 04/10/20

10:45AM 

Leah Stokes - CANCELLED

Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, UC Santa Barbara

 TBA

Room 101 (IFNH)

Parking link

 Flyer

Bio/Abstract

Presentation

 04/17/20

 10:45AM

Rebecca Boehm - CANCELLED

Economist, Union of Concerned Scientist

 "GHG and Health Impacts of Food"

Room 101 (IFNH)

Parking link

 Flyer

Bio/Abstract

Presentation

REI Energy Policy Seminar Series Fall 2019

Leaders from various arenas in the energy policy field will be speaking at Rutgers University. Starting on October 4, 2019 the Rutgers Energy Institute (REI) will commence the fall term with it's Energy Policy Seminar Series presenting the following speakers.

 

Lectures generally start at 10:45AM (with refreshments at 10:30AM) unless otherwise noted. Go to our Events Calendar page for additional information. Directions to Bloustein are here.

 

Date Speaker/Affiliation Title Location Bio/Abstract

10/04/19

10:45AM

Chris Frangione

CEO and President, Frangione & Associates Innovation Advisors

 

"Using Open Innovation to Tackle Our Grandest Challenges"

Room 101 (IFNH)

Bio/Abstract

Flyer

Presentation / Recording

10/18/19

10:45AM

 

Clint Andrews, Ali Ghofrani, Nathalie Perreira

Professor and Director and Associate Dean for Research, Urban Planning and Center for Green Building
PhD Student, Rutgers University
Associate Director, Energy Storage Group

 

 "The Potential and Pitfalls for Battery Storage in New Jersey" 

Room 261   (Bloustein)

Bio/Abstract

Presentation / Recording

11/01/19

10:45AM

Diane Sicotte

Associate Professor, Drexel University

 

 "Global Production Networks for Fracking, Gas Liquids, and Plastics: Policy Solutions for a Self-Reinforcing Problem"

Special Events Forum (Bloustein)

 

Bio/Abstract

Presentation

11/08/19

10:45AM

Cymie Payne, Heather Payne

Associate Professor in the Department of Human Ecology and School of Law, Rutgers University
Associate Professor of Law, Seton Hall University

"A Conversation on Ocean & Energy Governance for Offshore Wind" Special Events Forum (Bloustein)

Bio/Abstract

Presentation

         

REI Energy Policy Seminar Series Spring 2019

Leaders from various arenas in the energy policy field will be speaking at Rutgers University. Starting on January 22, 2019 the Rutgers Energy Institute (REI) will commence the spring term with it's Energy Policy Seminar Series presenting the following speakers.

 

Lectures generally start at 10:45AM (with refreshments at 10:15AM) unless otherwise noted. Go to our Events Calendar page for additional information. Directions to DMCS are here.

 

Date Speaker/Affiliation Title Location Bio/Abstract

03/08/19

10:45AM

Stephen Pacala

Frederick D. Petrie Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University 
Co-Director of the Carbon Mitigation Initiative

"A Discussion of Negative Emissions Technologies as Recently Viewed by the National Academy of Sciences"

Alampi Room (DMCS)

Bio/Abstract

Presentation / Recording

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REI Energy Policy Seminar Series Fall 2018

Leaders from various arenas in the energy policy field will be speaking at Rutgers University. Starting on September 21, 2018 the Rutgers Energy Institute (REI) will commence the fall term with it's Energy Policy Seminar Series presenting the following speakers.

 

Lectures generally start at 10:45AM (with refreshments at 10:15AM) unless otherwise noted. Go to our Events Calendar page for additional information. Directions to DMCS are here.

 

Date Speaker/Affiliation Title Location Bio/Abstract

9/21/18

11:30AM

Joseph F. Brodie

Director of Atmospheric Research
Center for Ocean Observing Leadership
Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University

"Understanding Mesoscale Influences on Offshore Wind Energy Production: Case Studies in Ramp Prediction and Resource Assessment"

Alampi Room (DMCS)

Bio/Abstract

 Presentation / Recording 

10/12/18

10:45AM

 

Elke U. Weber

Gerhard R. Andlinger Professor in Energy and the Environment, Professor of Psychology and Public Affairs, Princeton University

 

 "The Psychology of Energy Choices"  Alampi Room (DMCS)

Bio/Abstract

Presentation

11/30/18

10:45AM

David Bidwell

Assistant Professor, Department of Marine Affairs, University of Rhode Island

 

 "Turbines on the Horizon: Public Perspective on Offshore Wind Energy in the U.S."

Room 101 (IFNH)

 

 Bio/Abstract

Presentation

REI Energy Policy Seminar Series Spring 2018

Leaders from various arenas in the energy policy field will be speaking at Rutgers University. Starting on January 16, 2018 the Rutgers Energy Institute (REI) will commence the spring term with it's Energy Policy Seminar Series presenting the following speakers.

 

Lectures generally start at 10:45AM (with refreshments at 10:15AM) unless otherwise noted. Go to our Events Calendar page for information on directions.

 

Date Speaker/Affliation Title Location Bio/ Abstract

3/9/2018

10:45AM

Mark Rodgers 

Assistant Professor, Supply Chain Management Department, at Rutgers Business School

 

"Generation Expansion Planning Considering Health Damages – A Simulation-Based Optimization Approach"

Alampi Room (DMCS)

Flyer/Abstract

 

Seminar Canceled and will be rescheduled for the Fall

4/20/2018

 10:45AM

Joseph F. Brodie

Director of Atmospheric Research,Center for Ocean Observing Leadership at Rutgers Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences

Seminar Canceled

"Understanding Mesoscale Influences on Offshore Wind Energy Production: Case Studies in Ramp Prediction and Resource Assessment"

Alampi Room (DMCS)

Flyer/Abstract

 

REI Energy Policy Seminar Series Fall 2017

Leaders from various arenas in the energy policy field will be speaking at Rutgers University. Starting on Septmember 29, 2016 the Rutgers Energy Institute (REI) will commence the fall term with it's Energy Policy Seminar Series presenting the following speakers.

 

Lectures generally start at 10:45AM (with refreshments at 10:15AM) unless otherwise noted. Go to our Events Calendar page for additional information. Directions to DMCS are here.

 

Date Speaker/Affliation Title Location Bio/ Abstract

9/29/17

10:45AM

Honggang Wang

Assistant Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering, Rutgers University

"Data Driven Analysis and Retrospective Optimization for Energy and Resources Systems"

Alampi Room (DMCS)

Bio/Abstract/Flyer

Presentation

CANCELED. Talk will be rescheduled for the spring term.

10/20/17 CANCELLED

10:45AM

Glenn Amatucci

Professor, Director of Energy Storage Research Group, Materials Science and Engineering, Rutgers University

 

"Electrochemical Energy Storage, Enabling an Efficient and Cleaner World Based on the Electron"

Alampi Room (DMCS) Bio/Abstract

11/17/17

10:45AM

Karl Hausker

Senior Fellow, Global Climate Program, World Resources Institute

 

"A Deeper Look at Deep Decarbonization Pathways for the U.S. Economy"

Alampi Room (DMCS)

 

Bio

Abstract/Flyer

Presentation

REI Energy Policy Seminar Series Spring 2017

Leaders from various arenas in the energy policy field will be speaking at Rutgers University. Starting on January 17, 2017 the Rutgers Energy Institute (REI) will commence the spring term with it's Energy Policy Seminar Series presenting the following speakers.

 

Lectures generally start at 10:45AM (with refreshments at 10:00AM) unless otherwise noted. Go to our Events Calendar page for information on directions.

 

Date Speaker/Affliation Title Location Bio/ Abstract

1/23/17

3:30PM Note new time

Jordi Sole Olle

Prinicipal Investigator, EU MEDEAS; Scientist, Institute of Marine Sciences (CSIC), Barcelona, Spain

An Open Source, Transparent and Freeware Model for the Renewable Energy Transition in Europe: the MEDEAS EU Project

Sponsored jointly by DMCS, EOAS, and the REI 

Alampi Room (DMCS)

Bio / Abstract

Presentation

2/10/2017

10:45AM

Nirav Patel

Research Scholar, Rutgers University, Honors College

 

Motivating Teacher and Student Engagement with the Environment through Renewable Energy Education

Sponsored jointly by the Rutgers Energy Institute and the Human Ecology Department

Alampi Room (DMCS)

 

Bio/Abstract

Presentation

3/3/2017


10:45AM

David Anthoff

Assistant Professor, Energy & Resources Group, University of California, Berkeley

Inequality and the Social Cost of Carbon

 Alampi Room (DMCS)

Bio/Abstract

Presentation

 3/31/17

10:45AM

Klaus Keller

Professor of Geosciences, Department of Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University

Climate Risk Management in the Anthropocene:  From Basic Science to Decision Making and Back Alampi Room (DMCS)

Bio/Abstract

Presentation

4/21/17
10:45AM

Marianthi Ierapetritou

Professor, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Rutgers University

Techno-economic and Life Cycle Analysis of Alternative Production Routes for Biomass based Chemicals Busch Student Center, Room 174 Bio /Abstract

 4/28/17

10:45AM

James Rising

Postdoctoral Fellow, Energy & Resource Group, UC Berkeley

Management across Margins: Opportunities to Optimize Water in the United States through Integrated Modeling

 Sponsored by REI and DAFRE

 Alampi Room (DMCS)

Bio/Abstract

Presentation