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Energy (and Other) Events Monthly - January 2024

by gmoke Sun Dec 31st, 2023 at 11:47:52 PM EST

These kinds of events below are happening all over the world every day and most of them, now, are webcast and archived, sometimes even with accurate transcripts. Would be good to have a place that helped people access them. This is a more global version of the local listings I did for about a decade (what I did and why I did it at http://hubeventsnotes.blogspot.com/2013/11/what-i-do-and-why-i-do-it.html) until September 2020 and earlier for a few years in the 1990s (http://theworld.com/~gmoke/AList.index.html).  

A more comprehensive global listing service could be developed if there were enough people interested in doing it, if it hasn't already been done.

If anyone knows of such a global listing of open energy, climate, and other events is available, please put me in contact.

Thanks for reading,
Solar IS Civil Defense,
George Mokray
gmoke@world.std.com

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http://hubevents.blogspot.com - Energy (and Other) Events
http://www.dailykos.com/user/gmoke/history - articles, ideas, and screeds

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Index
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More information on each event at http://hubevents.blogspot.com

Venture Capital and Demand-side Decarbonization: How to get rich while saving the planet
Monday, January 8
7:30pm ET [4:30pm to 5:20pm PT]
Stanford, Jen-Hsun Huang Building (School of Engineering), NVIDIA Auditorium, Jen-Hsun Huang Center, 475 Via Ortega, Stanford, CA 94305
And online
RSVP at http://events.stanford.edu/event/the_energy_seminar_January_8_Mike_Lin

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What Works in Community News
Tuesday, January 9
7:00PM ET
Brookline Booksmith, 279 Harvard Street, Coolidge Corner, Brookline, MA 02446-2908
And online
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/ellen-clegg-and-dan-kennedy-what-works-in-community-news-tickets-7636463 35747
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Harvard Graduate School of Design [GSD] Virtual Town Hall: Engaged Citizenry
Wednesday, January 10
1 - 2:30 p.m.
Online via Zoom
RSVP at http://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_oCJlHbgESBauGmxs_2dSjw#/
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Explaining the Hydrogen Tax Credit Rules: A First Look with Rocky Mountain Institute [RMI]
Wednesday, January 10
2:00 p.m. ET
Online
RSVP at http://rmi.org/event/webinar-explaining-the-hydrogen-tax-credit-rules-a-first-look-with-rmi/
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Breaking Twitter
Wednesday, January 10
7:00PM ET
Brookline Booksmith, 279 Harvard Street, Coolidge Corner, Brookline, MA 02446-2908
And online
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/ben-mezrich-breaking-twitter-tickets-761375934917
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Announcing the 37th Annual NOFA/Mass Winter Conference:  "Growing Connections & Collaborations"
January 13, 2024
8 AM - 6 PM
Worcester State University, In-person Only,
https:/www.nofamass.org/home/nofa-events/winter-conference
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Increasing Affordability Through Municipal Climate Action - webinar #4 - FOOD SECURITY
Monday, January 15
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST
Online
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/increasing-affordability-through-municipal-climate-action-food-security- tickets-672266566397
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The Social Implications of AI
Tuesday, January 16
1:00pm to 2:30pm
MIT,  Building E51, E51-395, 70 MEMORIAL DR, Cambridge, MA 02142
Speakers: David Autor and Sendhil Mullainathan
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Eating Down the Food Chain: Let Them Eat Algae
Tuesday, January 16
10pm ET [7pm to 8pm PT]
Hopkins Marine Station, Izzie Abbott Boatworks Auditorium, 120 Ocean View Blvd, Pacific Grove, CA. 93950
And online
RSVP at http://stanford.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_enci5N_oQfmGX4JCXhaVNA#/registration
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Environmentalism from Below:  How Global People's Movements Are Leading the Fight for Our Planet
Tuesday, January 16
7:00 PM ET
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138 T
RSVP at http://www.harvard.com/event/ashley_dawson/
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Artificial Intelligence for Climate Change Mitigation
Wednesday, January 17
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Online
RSVP at http://columbiauniversity.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_xFZgOSagSOiWYgb48uSohA#/registration
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U.S. C3E Women in clean energy seminar series: Four clean energy career journeys from 2023 C3E Awardees
Thursday, January 18
1:00pm to 2:00pm
Online
RSVP at http://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Q8-fKcVCS0uj_Pchf0PGbw#/
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Overcoming Offshore Wind Opposition
Thursday, January 18
4:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Online
RSVP at http://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_X6HgP5ylQgCdPLsAqBkKAA#/registration
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The search for extraterrestrials and the modern-day relevance of Albert Einstein
Thursday, January 18
7 - 9 p.m.
Harvard, Phillips Auditorium, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge
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Climate Resilient Gardening:  Natures Green-Print
Thursday, January 18
8:00 PM - 9:00 PM EST
Online
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/climate-resilient-gardening-natures-green-print-tickets-765890317557
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Filterworld:  How Algorithms Flattened Culture
Friday, January 19
7:00 PM ET
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138
RSVP at http://www.harvard.com/event/kyle_chayka_at_harvard_book_store/
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Winning a Fossil Free Future
Monday, January 22
2pm - 3:30pm EST
Online
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/winning-a-fossil-free-future-tickets-777020829217
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Possible: How We Survive (and Thrive) in and Age of Conflict
Tuesday, January 23
12 - 1 p.m.
Online
RSVP at http://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8zIexWoxTGiBx4uX9nIgLg#/registration
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The Fascist Turn: Race And Gender In Totalitarian Regimes
Wednesday, January 24
7:00pm to 8:30pm
Online RSVP at http://bostoncollege-lsoe.catalog.instructure.com/browse/pce/courses/the-fascist-turn-race-and-gende r-in-totalitarian-regimes
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On the environmental impacts of genetically modified crops
Monday, January 29
2pm ET [11:00am to 12:00pm PT]
UCSB, Bren Hall 1414
And online
RSVP at http://bren.ucsb.edu/events/bren-seminar-frederik-noack-environmental-impacts-genetically-modified-c rops
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An uncertain future for the US critical mineral supply chain
Monday, January 29
7:30pm ET [4:30pm to 5:20pm PT]
Stanford, Jen-Hsun Huang Building (School of Engineering), NVIDIA Auditorium, Jen-Hsun Huang Center, 475 Via Ortega, Stanford, CA 94305
And online
RSVP at http://events.stanford.edu/event/the_energy_seminar_january_29_Caers
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The greenest building can be... the one that is already built: an interactive energy house model
Monday, January 29
2:00pm to 4:00pm
MIT,  Building 9, 9-255, 105 MASSACHUSETTS AVE, Cambridge, MA 02139
RSVP at http://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1E3W5sm30J2cwUYMjNvMMUJclmFLzRa3RgmsR-vyinlo/edit#gid=0
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Religion in Times of Earth Crisis: A Procession of Catastrophes
Monday, January 29
6 - 8:45 p.m.
Online
RSVP at http://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_lqPUoByLRjGNOvrImc6lZQ#/registration
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"What Would Be A Just Energy Transition?"
Tuesday, January 30
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
The Forum at Columbia University, 601 W. 125th St., New York, NY 10027 315
And online
RSVP at http://events.columbia.edu/cal/event/showEventMore.rdo;jsessionid=e5XaMGha1sXoLK6tMcmfdsMwyxQLdK4Jhe 1OkwWk.calprdapp08
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Silicon Valley Reads 2024: A Greener Tomorrow Starts Today
Wednesday, January 31
10pm EST [7:00 PM PST]
DeAnza Visual and Performing Arts Center, 21250 Stevens Creek Blvd, Cupertino, CA 95014
And Online
RSVP at http://commonwealthclub.my.salesforce-sites.com/ticket/#/instances/a0F8Z00000lUnhIUAS
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Building an Electrical Grid for the Future
Thursday, February 1
12 - 1:15 p.m.
Harvard Kennedy School, Wexner 434AB, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge
And Online
RSVP at http://www.hks.harvard.edu/events/building-electrical-grid-future
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Science Communication in a Crisis
Thursday,  February 1
1:00pm to 3:30pm
MIT, Building 54, 823, 21 AMES ST, Cambridge, MA 0213
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On meeting global demands without GHG increases
Monday, February 5
2pm ET [11:00am to 12:00pm PT]
UCSB, Bren Hall 1414
And online
RSVP at http://bren.ucsb.edu/events/bren-seminar-steven-davis-meeting-global-demands-without-ghg-increases
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Religion in Times of Earth Crisis: Ancestors and Climate in Our Boston Backyard
Monday, February 5
6 - 8:45 p.m.
Online
RSVP at http://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_TxwmH9P8SWajWXcagD4K9w#/registration
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EBC 11th Annual New England Regional Offshore Wind Conference
Tuesday, February 13
7:30 a.m. 3:00 p.m.
WilmerHale, 60 State Street, Boston, MA 02109
And online
RSVP at http://ebcne.org/event/ebc-11th-annual-new-england-regional-offshore-wind-conference/#registration-d etails

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California's Great Battery Revolution Allows Closure of Peaker Gas Plants and move to 100% Wind, Solar, Water | Informed Comment |

The renewables revolution around the world has depended primarily on wind, hydro, and solar. A fourth factor is now swiftly emerging as essential, that is, mega-battery storage. Batteries store energy when the wind is blowing or the sun is shining, to release it when those sources decline.

California has so much solar energy that it faces a difficulty in the late afternoon when commuters get home from work and turn up the air conditioning and start cooking supper. At precisely this moment, the sun begins going down and solar arrays provide less energy.

In August 2020, this mismatch caused brownouts or rotating power outages. Ordinarily the late afternoon decline of solar and spike in usage was covered by peaker gas plants, but a heatwave that year overwhelmed this system . The peaker gas plant is not an ideal solution, since firing up these plants emits a great deal of carbon dioxide and other noxious chemicals that are bad for people's health.

So it is good news that AES Corp. just closed down its Redondo Beach Generating Station, which could put out 1.3 gigawatts of power. Demand for its power had been weak in recent years, except that it was used as a peaker plant when solar sources declined.

So what can replace these dangerous peaker gas plants that threaten the planet with greenhouse gases?

Batteries? Batteries.

And boy does California now have batteries.

The office of Governor Gavin Newsom this fall pointed out, "California has increased battery storage by 757% in only four years, and now has enough to power 6.6 million homes for up to four hours."

California Energy Storage System Survey



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by Oui (Oui) on Wed Jan 10th, 2024 at 07:06:18 PM EST
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