The election of Donald Trump is a gutting defeat for those working to accelerate the shift to clean energy. But it isn't "game over" in the climate fight. The next battle begins today. As we all process what happens now, here's my personal reflections @heatmap_news (link π).
When a company voluntarily buys clean electricity and claims to be '100% clean,' how much does this actually reduce grid emissions?
A new ZERO Lab working paper from myself, @qingyu_xu7, @aneeshamanocha, @NehaSPatankar, and @JesseJenkins has the deets:
https://t.co/x4X9lUDiXT
"A small group of researchers @Princeton University has played an outsized role in figuring out where [federal clean energy spending] should go & what its impact could be." Thanks @pattersonscott for this flattering @WSJ profile of ZERO Lab & REPEAT!
https://t.co/UhHPggJMEK
thank you to everyone who made last week at #IEW (and all of the @MacroEnergySys talks) and my final undergraduate research conference so wonderful! I will greatly miss the ZERO lab ππ
Congrats to @EPrinceton major @aneeshamanocha '23, who has been selected as one of this yearβs 2οΈβ£ Kanders Churchill Scholars! π
Manocha will spend a year studying at @Cambridge_Uni and pursue a Master's in Public Policy. https://t.co/W3HRLp9opU
A big congratulations to Aneesha Manocha, who worked closely with @JesseJenkins here at #PrincetonU with a focus on energy systems. As a Kanders Churchill Scholar, she will study at the University of Cambridge for a year. We wish you the best! π
https://t.co/z3YfH2NXN0
thank you @NehaSPatankar for being such an influential and hard working role model and mentor for me in the ZERO lab! so excited to see all the wonderful work you do!
But more than these projects, teaching ABCD of the energy system analysis to @AnnaFJacobson, @aneeshamanocha@Michael48831282 & @wilson_ricks, and watching them conduct exceptional research on decomposition tools, transmission-storage tradeoffs, and the European energy crisis...
This is real! Schumer & Manchin cemented a budget bill to cut inflation, energy & health care costs, and invest a reported ~$370B in clean energy.
https://t.co/mQSDw7hpSq is waiting for details but that'll probably cut emissions by >800m & <1b tons in 2030 or to ~40% below 2005
And that's the wrap on the 2022 #MacroEnergySystems workshop! Huge thanks to everyone for their presentations and valuable insights. We can't wait to watch our @MacroEnergySys community grow.
.@Princeton ZERO Lab students @aneeshamanocha and @wilson_ricks both presented their research at #MacroEnergySystems 2022
Wilson is studying in-reservoir energy storage in advanced geothermal
Aneesha is modeling the ability of co-located storage to reduce transmission build out
Congratulations to Christian Potter '22 and @ClaireWayner '22 who have been named co-winners of the 2022 Moses Taylor Pyne Honor Prize, #PrincetonU's highest general distinction conferred on an undergraduate. π https://t.co/tcHpberW0m
π¨ NEW REPORT π¨
"System-level of 24/7 Carbon-free Electricity Procurement" is the first study to examine the grid-level impacts of this new strategy in clean energy procurement using a sophisticated electricity system planning model.
Download: https://t.co/VIDzHandMX