Carbon Free Boston Technical Reports
IGS Research | May 2019
Assessing the Potential for U.S. Utility Green Bonds
IGS Research | May 2019
The Green New Deal: A Goal, Not a Date
Much has already been written and said about the climate policy parts of the Green New Deal, the policy package recently unveiled by Senator Ed Markey and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Most of the commentary—including my own email traffic with many colleagues—falls into two camps. One group, which tends towards energy industry professionals, tends to belittle […]
Cities and Climate Change: Strategic Options for Philanthropic Support
IGS Research | March 2019
Carbon Free Boston Summary Report
IGS Research | January 2019
Long-Term U.S Transportation Electricity Use Considering the Effect of Autonomous-Vehicles: Estimates & Policy Observations
IGS Research | Energy Policy, November 2018
ISE Director Peter Fox-Penner On Clean Energy Projects, Research & More
Peter Fox-Penner is a Professor of Practice in the Questrom School of Business and the Director of Boston University’s Institute for Sustainable Energy. His research and writing interests are in the areas of electric power strategy, regulation, and governance; energy and climate policy; and the relationships between public and private economic activity, including corporate social responsibility. BU Alumni caught up […]
Why Apple Is Getting into the Energy Business
By Peter Fox-Penner | November 25, 2016 Memo to CEOs who don’t consider themselves in the electricity business: You may not be in the power business today, but you’re more than likely to be in it tomorrow. Consider Apple, hardly a byword in the energy business. This summer, the company applied for federal licenses to sell […]
Peter Fox-Penner Presents New Developments in Sustainable Energy
Peter Fox-Penner, ISE Director, presents New Developments in Sustainable Energy: BU & Beyond to Questrom’s Executive MBA Alumni weekend Luncheon on October 1, 2016. Download the slides.
Instituting Sustainable Energy: Interview with Peter Fox-Penner
By Perry Grossman In Peter Fox-Penner’s book Smart Power, he talks about new energy systems needing not only engineering, economics, but also computer science expertise, so I asked him how he recommends people learn all three of these areas, or how people might best work across these fields. He said that people from these fields […]