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SUMMARY:Rescheduled: Building a Clean\, Equitable Economy: Where Do We Go from Here?
DESCRIPTION:Heather Boushey\nProfessor of Practice\, Kleinman Energy Forum \nHeather Boushey\, Professor of Practice\, Kleinman Center for Energy Policy \nCo-hosted by Penn Climate\, the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy\, and the Penn Center for Science\, Sustainability\, and the Media \n\nJoin Heather Boushey to learn about how the United States can embrace the clean energy transition without leaving communities behind. \n\nOne of our nation’s most pressing economic challenges is embracing decarbonization as a strategic opportunity for shared growth and security. There is a need to rapidly transition from a carbon-intensive economy\, to adapt to the real-time physical damages incurred from a changing climate\, to bolster American competitiveness through technological innovation\, and to reverse decades of rising economic inequalities. Too often\, policymakers seeking policies that deliver both economic and climate benefits find themselves constrained by frameworks that assume decarbonization is a simple tradeoff between higher costs and lower emissions. \nFor the United States to maintain its role as an economic powerhouse\, it cannot be economically “blind” to the financial hazards of climate change and the economic upsides of decarbonization. The fundamental gaps in technical knowledge\, tools\, and communities of economic practice leave economic policymakers with outdated frameworks and capacities that fail to account for the requisite scale and speed of the energy transition\, which\, in turn\, results in people and places being left behind. \nIn this Penn Energy Week seminar\, Dr. Heather Boushey\, Professor of Practice at the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy\, will debunk old dogma on the economics of climate change and map out the necessary principles to deliver on our future\, which sets the table for a forward-looking plan where decarbonization delivers shared growth for people and places and bolsters national security. \n\n\nThis event was originally scheduled for Penn’s Energy Week 2026\, and was postponed due to winter weather.
URL:https://climate.upenn.edu/event/rescheduled-building-a-clean-equitable-economy-where-do-we-go-from-here/
LOCATION:Kleinman Energy Forum\, Fisher Fine Arts Building\, 4th Floor\, Philadelphia\, 19104
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SUMMARY:Energy Economics & Finance Seminar
DESCRIPTION:Summary\nThe seminar series in Energy Economics & Finance (EEF) is jointly organized by Wharton’s Business Economics and Public Policy Department\, the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy\, and Wharton’s Business\, Climate and Environment Lab. The scope of the seminar includes regulation and policy papers. The scope of the seminar also includes environmental and transportation issues\, as long as there is a connection with energy. Sessions are biweekly on Mondays from 3:30 p.m. — 4:30 p.m. \nSpeaker\nTeevrat Garg\, Associate Professor of Economics\, UC San Diego \nSponsors\nKleinman Center for Energy Policy\nWharton Business Economics and Public Policy Department\nWharton Climate Center
URL:https://climate.upenn.edu/event/energy-economics-finance-seminar-4/
LOCATION:Kleinman Center Classroom\, Fisher Fine Arts Building Room 306\, Philadelphia\, 19104
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SUMMARY:CBE Seminar: "Building the Ultimate Water Electolyzer"
DESCRIPTION:Summary\nCommercialized membrane electrolyzers use acidic proton-exchange membranes (PEMs). These systems offer high performance but require the use of expensive precious-metal catalysts such as IrO2 and Pt that are nominally stable under the locally acidic conditions. Alkaline-exchange-membrane (AEM) electrolyzers in principle offer the performance of PEM electrolyzers with earth-abundant catalysts and inexpensive cell components. Unfortunately\, these electrolyzers have poor durability. We are studying and developing passivated electrode architectures for AEM electrolyzers where the OER catalysts and ionomers are physically separated with a thin-film amorphous oxide that is electrically insulating but conductive to hydroxide ions. We find that hybrid organic-inorganic HfOx passivation layers show sufficient hydroxide-ion transport to minimally affect the cell performance while substantially suppressing ionomer degradation. Related layers can be formed during operation by adding reactive inorganic species to the ionomer to build a solid-electrolyte layer during operation. By subsequently co-engineering catalyst solid-state chemistry and materials architecture along with the interphase with the ionomer electrolyte\, AEMWEs that operate in electrolyte-free water at 2.0 A cm-2 near 1.8 V with voltage degradation rates of < 0.2 mV/h are possible. I will highlight the remaining challenges centered around durability and performance that must be addressed for scale-up and commercialization and how we are working to solve these through a combination of mechanistic understanding\, applied device work\, and industry partnerships. \nSpeaker\nShannon Boettcher\, Professor\, Departments of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry\, Universty of California Berkeley \nHost\nDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering\, Penn Engineering
URL:https://climate.upenn.edu/event/cbe-seminar-building-the-ultimate-water-electolyzer/
LOCATION:Wu & Chen Auditorium\, Levine Hall\, Penn Engineering\, 3330 Walnut Street\, Philadelphia\, 19104
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