Electricity imports associated with premature death
Quickly meeting changes in electricity demand may mean importing electricity from neighboring regions, but a new study found that pollutants emitted in the exporting region account for about 700 premature U.S. deaths a year.
Stanford’s Precourt Institute announces winners of 2022 Global Energy Heroes competition
Three sustainability organizations received 2022 Global Energy Heroes prizes from Stanford University’s Precourt Institute for Energy. The competitive prizes drew 44 submissions across five continents.
How to predict and manage EV charging growth to keep electricity grids reliable and affordable
A scalable model for calculating electricity demand that captures real drivers’ charging patterns could help grid planners accommodate the growing number of EVs on the road.
$1.3 million for three new Stanford research projects to reinvent plastics and their use
Stanford University’s Precourt Institute for Energy and Woods Institute for the Environment will fund three new research projects to make and use plastics more sustainably.
Yi Cui, director of Stanford University’s Precourt Institute for Energy, has won the 2021 Global Energy Prize for new energy applications, one of three Global Energy Prizes given annually.
$1.2 million for two new Stanford research projects on energy/climate AI and environmental justice
Three Stanford University entities will fund two new research projects on using artificial intelligence and machine learning to make energy systems more sustainable, affordable, resilient and fair to all socioeconomic groups.
