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EPP/MechE’s Kate Whitefoot was quoted in Vox on the EU’s more transparent gas measurements in comparison to the US. The EU’s liters per 100 kilometer driven method being “directly related to energy use and directly related to emissions” providing researchers with more precise data on fuel economy.
Paulina Jaramillo and Michael Blackhurst of the Open Energy Outlook Initiative explain their goals of creating open access energy system models that can support decision-making toward climate stabilization.
EPP’s Baruch Fischhoff wrote a retrospective for Science on the late Daniel Kahneman, Nobel prize-winning psychologist and author of works including Thinking, Fast and Slow. Kahneman, who was Fischhoff’s graduate advisor along with Amos Tversky, was awarded an honorary degree from CMU in 2012. “The imprint of Danny’s thinking and counsel have been lasting — and made EPP the most natural home in the world,” Fischhoff said.
EPP’s Ramteen Sioshansi ranked #26 in the energy storage specialty on ScholarGPS. Highly Ranked Scholars™ are identified by career productivity levels (number of publications), as well as the quality and impact of their work. Sioshansi’s research focuses on the integration of advanced energy technologies, including renewable energy, energy storage, and electric transportation, into energy systems. He also works in energy policy and electricity-market design, especially as they pertain to advanced energy technologies.
EPP/MechE’s Jeremy Michalek was quoted on the Living Planet podcast on how the electricity source that electric cars use can greatly alter their environmental benefits. Michalek compares electric cars using renewable energy sources and electric cars using energy sources from coal-fired power plants.
EPP’s Ramteen Sioshansi was quoted in Marketplace on the durability of the national power grid. Hurricane Beryl recently left hundreds of thousands of Texans without power for multiple days. Experts warn that the country’s decades-old power infrastructure will be more vulnerable to storm damage as global temperatures continue to rise. “At the end of the day, someone has to pay for these types of investments to make electricity supply more reliable,” Sioshansi said. “And so, there’s always this trade-off.”
EPP’s Paulina Jaramillo spoke with Heatmap about the Treasury Department’s proposed “three pillars” rules around tax credits for hydrogen production in the U.S. A group of senators cited CMU analysis, led by Jaramillo, in a letter criticizing the proposed rules for artificially hindering the environmental benefits of green hydrogen. Jaramillo argued that the Treasury should subsidize electrolytic hydrogen regardless of how it’s powered. “We need to deploy this infrastructure,” Jaramillo said. “We need to deploy it now so it’s available later.”