Getting to Zero: What it will take to decarbonize electricity | Jesse Jenkins

Authors

Liberal Arts Division, Rhode Island School of DesignFollow
NCSS Graduate Program, Rhode Island School of DesignFollow

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Description

Lecture, September 26, 2018. 1:10 pm Metcalf Auditorium, RISD Museum/Chace Center.

Jesse D. Jenkins is one of the leading contemporary figures thinking about energy futures and the project of deep decarbonization. He is currently an Environmental Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School. His research focuses on the rapidly evolving electricity sector, including the transition to zero-carbon power systems and the proliferation of distributed energy resources. Jesse earned a PhD in Engineering Systems ('18) and MS in Technology & Policy ('14) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He worked previously as a researcher at the MIT Energy Initiative, the Director of Energy and Climate Policy at the Breakthrough Institute, and a Policy and Research Associate at the Renewable Northwest Project.

Publication Date

9-26-2018

Document Type

Book

Keywords

Nature-Culture-Sustainability Studies, NCSS, Liberal Arts Division, lecture, video, Global Arts and Cultures, GAC

Disciplines

Art and Design | Environmental Sciences

Recommended Citation

Division, Liberal Arts and NCSS Graduate Program, "Getting to Zero: What it will take to decarbonize electricity | Jesse Jenkins" (2018). Nature-Culture-Sustainability Studies (NCSS) Lectures. 4.
https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/liberalarts_ncss_events/4