Tufts Energy Conference

Student-led, interdisciplinary, Tufts-wide conference. 2024 theme is Innovation Odyssey: Climatetech and Economics of the Energy Transition 🌊

[CIERP @CIERP_Fletcher]

This year's @TuftsEnergyConf sparked dynamic discussions, ranging from the economics of the energy transition to climatetech innovations.

@FletcherSchool's Courtney Foster shares her insights into helping organize the two-day conference ⬇️
https://t.co/W9vA9PtBsd

[Rebecca Pearl-Martinez @Enviro_Rebecca]

Thought-provoking discussion across clean tech, equity, and Justice40. And I’m always pleased to see an all-women panel at an energy conference ;) Many thanks @TuftsUniversity for bringing us all together.

[BU Institute for Global Sustainability @IGS_BU]

Leaders from a variety of backgrounds, including IGS Executive Director @Enviro_Rebecca, discussed the gap between #GreenEnergy innovation and real-world implementation at a panel @TuftsEnergyConf. Thank you to the panelists for an informative conversation.

[CIERP @CIERP_Fletcher]

There's still time to register for our special event with @Gina_McCarthy and @kellysgallagher, starting at 5:00pm on March 6th!

More details ⬇️

[Kelly Sims Gallagher @kellysgallagher]

Great to host my friend and former White House colleague @BrianCDeese at @FletcherSchool @TuftsUniversity last week for the Tufts Energy Conference #TEC for a juicy discussion of innovation, economic growth, and jobs.

[Tufts Energy Conference @TuftsEnergyConf]

“We have the technologies we need…but questions about how we behave as humans are unanswerable as of now” -@Enviro_Rebecca of @IGS_BU on decarbonization & equitable impact, also emphasizing the importance of research and data in demystifying where funding needs to go #justice40

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“Investors, not just entrepreneurs, want #DEIJ” -Olivia LaRoche, @NECEC and Clean Tech Open Northeast

[Tufts Energy Conference @TuftsEnergyConf]

“A new space being defined gives people of color a chance to come and contribute in their own way” -Sonali Anderson of @GreentownLabs on the burgeoning startup ecosystem

[Tufts Energy Conference @TuftsEnergyConf]

Closing out with a powerhouse panel, Incubators & Accelerators for Equitable Impact with @Enviro_Rebecca of @IGS_BU, Sonali Anderson of @GreentownLabs, Olivia LaRoche of Clean Tech Open NE @NECEC, and Caroline Winslow of @Third_Deriv, moderated by @GreenTufts CSO Dano!

[Tufts Energy Conference @TuftsEnergyConf]

This conversation is about not just energy justice, but more broadly about #governance, #technology, and viable business model. @RachelCleetus: Moving away from Global North/South paradigm, what is the best set of solutions in context to deploy? Not a zero-sum game

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Diving into Economics of the Clean #EnergyTransition in the Global South, with Dr. Qi Qi of @policy_climate, Juan Carlos Jobet of @ColumbiaUEnergy, Dr. Piyusha Verma of @UNDP, Dr. Rachel Cleetus of @UCSUSA, Dr. Robert Stoner of @mitenergy, & Claudia Schwartz of @USAID

[Tufts Energy Conference @TuftsEnergyConf]

Kicked off Day 2 of our conference with a keynote address from @BrianCDeese, Former Director of the National Economic Council and former Senior Advisor to President @BarackObama. Thank you Brian for an illuminating speech! #EnergyTransition @mitenergy @TuftsUniversity

[Shared Waters Lab @sharedwaterslab]

Professor @intnlwaters moderated a @TuftsEnergyConf panel discussion on energy resilience and ways to maximize technology to create a more efficient future 👏

[Brian Deese @BrianCDeese]

We now have full year 2023 data for clean investment in the U.S.

We also now have the first-ever estimate of actual *federal* investment in clean technologies via tax credits, loans and grants.

TL;DR every $1 of federal investment is leveraging $5-6 of private investment.

[Tufts Energy Conference @TuftsEnergyConf]

Our final day 1 panel, moderated by Professor McCracken of @CIERP_Fletcher and featuring insights from speakers at Hamilton Clark, @ENERGY, @LSPowerGroup, Greenie Web, and @ConvergeStrat #EnergyTransition ⚡️

[Sparkplug Power @SparkplugPower]

Heather Takle of @PowerOptions calling for clarity, continuity and simplicity of clean energy incentives… and maybe even negative incentives too ( she might have said penalties) @TuftsEnergyConf

[Climate Policy Lab @policy_climate]

Predoctoral Research Fellow @flexyonyfm moderated a panel discussion on climate finance at @TuftsEnergyConf 👏

[Tufts Energy Conference @TuftsEnergyConf]

Our first panel of TEC’24: Mobilizing finance for the energy transition with Steven Lee of the @CityOfBoston, Heather Takle of @PowerOptions, Seth Owusu-Mante of @policy_climate, and John Harper of @CEVentureGroup #EnergyTransition @TuftsUniversity

[Rockford Weitz, JD, PhD @rockfordw]

Tufts Energy Conference 2024 is underway at @FletcherSchool at @TuftsUniversity — with a keynote address by Kevin Knobloch, CEO of @GreentownLabs 👏👏👏

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“Crafting smart policies and the responses to those policies have been effective” — examples include offshore wind 💨, solar ☀️, and more, facilitated by markets —Kevin Knobloch, CEO @GreentownLabs at 19th annual Tufts Energy Conference #EnergyTransition #mapoli