IEE Seminar: Improving Day-Ahead Energy Forecasts for Power System Operations with Open-source Data and Machine Learning

Increasing shares of wind and solar generation and rising electricity demand introduce uncertainty in power system operations. Improving short-term day-ahead forecasts of renewable energy generation and demand is critical for system operators to reduce the risk of forecasting errors, coordinate operations of the electricity market, and minimize the cost of maintaining the power system reliability. In this seminar, we will introduce the concepts of power systems markets.

A Distinguished Lecture by Bruce E. Logan: "How to Effectively Communicate Energy Use and Carbon Emissions to Experts and the Public"

Addressing climate change is a major challenge, but many people struggle to understand how their energy use translates into CO2 emissions. Part of the issue is the use of varied energy units—Calories for food, gallons for gasoline, and kilowatt-hours for electricity—making comparisons difficult.

Monolithic Integration of III-Nitrides Optoelectronics for Smart Applications

The Ill-nitride family (AIN, GaN, InN, and their alloys) is a key semiconductor group, extensively studied over the past two decades for optoelectronics (e.g., LEDs, lasers, photodetectors). InGaN-based light emitters have revolutionized energy-efficient, eco-friendly solid-state lighting and lasing technologies. By alloying GaN with AIN, AlGaN ternary alloys with tunable direct bandgaps (3.4 eV to 6.1 eV) enable a wide UV spectral range (360 nm to 210 nm).

Novim, UCSB and Santa Barbara County: NATURAL GAS – COSTS/BENEFITS

On Thursday, September 19 2024, Novim along with our co-sponsors, the Bren School of Environmental Management at UCSB and the UCSB Institute for Energy and Efficiency presented a forum on the issue of eliminating natural gas from the county energy mix.  This forum, hosted by the UCSB Institute for Energy and Efficiency at Campbell Hall, presented acclaimed experts in the area, along with representatives of the City and County of Santa Barbara for a free informational dialog.  

Advanced Power Distribution Grid Planning and DER valuation

The United States' decarbonization trajectories encompass new electric loads connected to the distribution grid, such as electric vehicles (EVs) and heat pumps, a massive penetration of distributed energy resources (DERs), and a more active role for consumers in generating electricity, adopting and managing energy technologies, and participating in wholesale energy and reserve markets.

Producing Geologic Hydrogen: a Niche or of Strategic Relevance in the Energy Transition?

Hydrogen is projected to play a significant role in the future energy mix, with the IEA forecasting an increase of almost an order of magnitude compared to hydrogen consumption today. This increase is driven by the possible dual use of hydrogen: to provide a clean or green high energy density vector as well as a clean “chemical building block” towards more circular sustainable chemical manufacturing industries.

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