The Wharton Energy Conference The Mack Institute is supporting the Wharton Energy Conference this year in collaboration with the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy, Chevron, LS Power, and the Wharton Energy Club. With a theme of “Resilience and Innovation,” this student-run conference will be held online and focuses on three
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When the Wind of Change Blows, Build Batteries? Optimum Renewable Generation and Energy Storage Investments
Renewables have become the cheapest energy sources in most of the world but their generation remains variable and difficult to predict. However, recent technology advances have rendered large-scale electricity storage economically viable, thus mitigating the renewable intermittency issue and enabling combinations of e.g. wind and batteries to replace fossil fuel power plants.…Read More
Power to X – Why and When to Use Electricity to Make Gas Renewable
With this proposal, we request research funding for the development of one paper studying the operational benefits of Power-to-X technologies to discern when shifting power systems to renewable oil and gas becomes optimal.…Read More
InstaHub’s Michael Wong Embraces a CEO’s Challenges
The Wharton grad and startup co-founder is thinking about how to attract and retain talent, meet customers’ needs, and continue to innovate.…Read More
For This Energy Company, Financial Innovation is Fueling New Momentum
Thomas Knauff, Founder and CEO of Energy Distribution Partners, describes how the nationally distributed company manages to maintain a “Main Street merchant” operating model.…Read More
A New Commercial Approach to Carbon-Negative Energy Innovation
At an event hosted by the Mack Institute and the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy, Dr. Daniel Sanchez proposed a new commercial strategy for adopting carbon-negative energy systems.…Read More
Priorities for the Next Wave of Energy Innovation
The Kleinman Center and the Mack Institute are thrilled to welcome Dr. Daniel L. Sanchez, postdoctoral research scientist with the Carnegie Institution for Science, to Penn to discuss the Priorities for the Next Wave of Energy Innovation.