Energy Seminar (Spring 2009)

Mark Zoback discusses the possibility of replacing coal with unconventional gasses for energy production in the United States. (May 20, 2009)

Ed Moses of the Lawrence Livermore National Lab, discusses the LIFE (Laser Inertial Fusion Energy) project and the possibilities of producing megawatts of clean energy through fusion utilizing fuels that are nearly limitless. (May 13, 2009)

Lisa Schipper of Stockholm Environmental Institute, discusses how we need to shift conceptual discussion on adaptation from attempts to identity one definition to seeking a framework for adapting to climate change in the future. (May 6, 2009)

(April 29, 2009) Stanford Professor Frank Wolak discusses methods that the US can use to realize benefits in the energy sector such as: to provide strong incentives for least cost production and to treat electricity like any other product.

Director of Business Development at EnerNOC, Inc, Scott McGaraghan, discusses the benefits of a smart grid and defines a smart grid killer application as providing value to businesses and consumers. (April 22, 2009)

Dan Arvizu, the Director of the National Renewable Energy Lab, discusses, the importance of technology innovation, policies that enable and promote development and implementation of energy efficiency. (April 1, 2009)