Clean Energy Services Without Pain: District Energy Systems

Conventional and Advanced District Energy Systems

District energy systems have the potential to decrease the CO2 emissions linked to energy services (heating, hot water, cooling and electricity), thanks to the implementation of large polygeneration energy conversion technologies, connected to a group of buildings over a network. To transfer the energy from the large polygeneration energy conversion technologies to the users, conventional distr...

Global clean energy in 2017.

uring the November 2016 Climate Change Conference in Marrakesh, much talk centered on implementation of the political commitments made in Paris in 2015. Governments are now focused on putting their words into action as they prepare for the first official stocktake in 2018. Innovation will have an essential role to play. In November 2015, 20 nations, including the United Kingdom, launched a new ...

Materials for Clean Energy Conversion

Inexpensive, Clean, Reliable Energy Will Require Engineered Systems

While small emission reductions are easy, large reductions will demand engineered systems. Classical System Engineering (SE) development begins with ultimate goals such as big (>90%) reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. The first SE phase, concept development, consists of system tradeoffs to clarify feasible concepts and focus development efforts. These system studies begin with simple conce...

Energy storage deployment and innovation for the clean energy transition

The clean energy transition requires a co-evolution of innovation, investment, and deployment strategies for emerging energy storage technologies. A deeply decarbonized energy system research platform needs materials science advances in battery technology to overcome the intermittency challenges of wind and solar electricity. Simultaneously, policies designed to build market growth and innovati...