Listen: Columbia Energy Exchange Podcast Speaks with ISE’s Director

In this edition of the Columbia Energy Exchange podcast, host Jason Bordoff talks “Power after Carbon” with ISE’s Director, Peter Fox-Penner: As the dangers of climate change become ever more urgent and the costs of renewable energy plummet, the electricity sector has been experiencing wrenching shifts. More intermittent, distributed sources of energy, new technologies, new […]

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Still Charging: Energy Storage Commercialization in Massachusetts

With the mutually reinforcing trends of climate change mitigation and transport electrification, the opportunity for energy storage innovation has never been more apparent. Massachusetts supports a robust community of entrepreneurs who develop and commercialize their inventions in the state. Recognizing this, the Boston University Institute for Sustainable Energy and Greentown Labs conducted 25 interviews with […]

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Earth Day 2020: Honoring the 50th Anniversary

Three BU environmental experts join the conversation on conservation, green legislation, and the history behind the first Earth Day celebration. 50 years ago American citizens and environmental activists came together to recognize the first official Earth Day celebration. Flash forward and the holiday is now observed in just under 200 countries to help to lift […]

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Earth Day 50th Environmental Victories

Earth Day is a time to reflect on the progress made and work to be done in order to protect the health of people and the Earth’s natural systems. On the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, National Geographic describes in photos 50 key “environmental victories.” What do you think? Suggestions for important additions? 1970 First […]

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Integrating Electric Mobility Systems with the Grid Infrastructure

On November 6-7, 2019, the Boston University Institute for Sustainable Energy (ISE) and the BU Center for Information & Systems Engineering (CISE) jointly held a workshop on “Integrating Electric Mobility Systems with the Grid Infrastructure” at Boston University under the sponsorship of the Sloan Foundation. The workshop brought together more than 30 leaders from industry, […]

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