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How Energy Policies are made in China: A Case Study of China’s Institutions of Solar PV Energy Governance
Chelsea Chen, JSM (Master of the Science of Law) candidate within the Stanford Program in International Legal Studies (SPILS) at Stanford Law School will present the results of her thesis. Abstract Designated as one of the seven “strategic emerging industries” in China’s 12th Five-Year-Plan for National Economic and Social Development (2011-2015), development of solar photovoltaic […]
The Road Ahead for the Solar PV Industry
Friday, September 12, 2014 Stanford Graduate School of Business Knight Management Center Registration By Invitation Only There is little controversy that solar power system prices have declined dramatically in recent years, while new solar installations have grown rapidly. Are these trends likely to continue for the foreseeable future? The Graduate School of Business and the […]
Climate Risk Forum: Bridging Climate Science and Actuarial Practice
Together with our co-hosts the Risky Business Project, the American Academy of Actuaries, and Sandia National Laboratories, the Steyer-Taylor Center will be leading a conversation on the opportunities and challenges for integrating climate risk into actuarial practices. Panels will focus on: The current state of climate science and modeling, Assessing and integrating risk into actuarial […]
Stanford Energy Seminar: Pricing Carbon Emissions
Bob Litterman, Chairman of the Risk Committee and a founding partner, Kepos Capital LP Monday, October 13, 2014 | 04:15 PM - 05:15 PM | | Free and Open to All The appropriate time path for emissions prices, which economists call the "Social Cost of Carbon," should be thought of as the solution to an […]
Renewable Realities: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly in Renewable Energy’s Rise
Dan Arvizu, director, National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Jeffrey Ball, scholar in residence, Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance NVIDIA Auditorium, Jen-Hsun Huang Engineering Center Dan E. Arvizu became the eighth Director of the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) on January 15, 2005. NREL is the Department of Energy's primary […]
Steyer-Taylor Center Open House for Students
@ SLS: Manning Lounge 2nd Floor, Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesThe Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance develops and explores economically sensible policies and financial mechanisms that lead to cleaner and more secure energy. We invite you to join the Steyer-Taylor Center’s Executive Director Dan Reicher, Deputy Director Alicia Seiger, Faculty Research Director Stefan Reichelstein, Faculty Fellow Michael Wara, and other Center staff and […]
Faculty Workshop Series Event: “A Cubic Mile of Oil” discussion with SRI’s Ripudaman Malhotra
Ripudaman Malhotra, a co-author of A Cubic Mile of Oil, will lead a Steyer-Taylor Center Faculty Workshop series event on December 3, 2014 from 12:15pm-1:45pm in Patterson 321 at Stanford Graduate School of Business. A Cubic Mile of Oil is a call for an informed public debate on energy, arguably the biggest challenge we face. […]
Faculty Workshop Series Event – Evaluating Renewable Portfolio Standards: Accounting for Policy Heterogeneity
GSB E104 Stanford Graduate School of Business 655 Knight Way Stanford, CA 94305 Renewable portfolio standards (RPS) are the most common state-level policies for promoting renewable electricity in the United States. State RPS policies are heterogeneously designed, particularly with respect to their use of flexibility mechanisms that allow obligations to be met with renewable energy […]
Renewable Financing in India – Implications for Policy
Steyer-Taylor Center Faculty Fellow Gireesh Shrimali will speak at a PERR (Policy and Economics Research Roundtable) seminar on February 20, 2015 from 12:15-1:05 p.m. in Y2E2 105. Abstract: The Government of India has set ambitious targets for renewable energy – a doubling of existing capacity to 55,000 MW by 2017. However, unsubsidized renewable energy is […]
Investing In A New Climate | Family Offices
@ SLS: Cooley Courtyard 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesHow Family Offices Can Capitalize On Climate Investment Opportunities And Risks To succeed in a changing climate, investors need to understand their exposure to climate risk and the investment opportunities that will arise during the transition to a more sustainable global economy. The Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance – a joint initiative of […]
Steyer-Taylor Center Research Seminar with Dian Grueneich
Dian Grueneich, Senior Research Scholar at Stanford University, conducted a seminar titled, Developing a Framework for the Next Generation of Energy Efficiency. California’s current energy efficiency (EE) goals require capital investments of $5-6 billion annually for the next 10-15 years. Earlier this year, Governor Brown and California’s legislative leadership called for a doubling of EE […]
Steyer-Taylor Center Research Seminar with Luigi Carafa
GSB East Faculty Building, Room 102, 655 Knight Way, Stanford, CA 94305 De-risking solar power investments in Rapidly Developing Countries Rapidly Developing Countries will account for all of the increase in global carbon emissions by 2035, with the largest share of it coming from power generation. To effectively reduce emissions, power investments have to be […]
Energy storage event with CESA founder Janice Lin
Stanford Graduate School of Business, C105 655 Knight Way Stanford, CA 94305 Janice Lin, Co-Founder and Executive Director of the California Energy Storage Alliance (CESA) will discuss the role of energy storage in transforming the electric power sector, its relation to EV charging, and how the actions of individuals can make a difference. This event […]
Investing In A New Climate | Senior Pension Fund Investors
In partnership with the Stanford Institutional Investors Forum (SIIF), the Stanford Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance is convening a group of senior pension fund investors on June 3, 2015 in New York City to discuss portfolio strategies, data sources, and tools for navigating climate exposure and capitalizing on innovation opportunities. This gathering of […]
Nuclear Power: Does Climate Math Work Without It?
Room offsiteOn Friday, October 9, 2015, Stanford University’s Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance, Shultz-Stephenson Task Force on Energy Policy at The Hoover Institution, and Precourt Institute for Energy co-sponsored a symposium to launch an ongoing dialogue on the role of nuclear power in meeting climate, security, and economic objectives in the United States and […]
Solar Energy’s Central Role in India’s Climate Strategy (Presentation and Roundtable Discussion)
@ Stanford: Knight Management Center (GSB) 655 Knight Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesLocation: GSB (Knight Management Center) C101 The Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance is hosting a roundtable discussion on India’s solar strategy at Stanford University on Friday, October 23 from 10am to noon. The discussion will be followed by an informal lunch from noon to 1pm. Under the Modi Administration, India has set a […]
Energizing Innovation: A Discussion with Steven Chu and Arun Majumdar Moderated by Jeffrey Ball
Room offsiteThis is event is part of Energy Week 2015, sponsored by the Stanford Energy Club Cleaner energy technologies, from natural gas to nuclear to renewables, have made huge advances in recent years. Efficiency has risen, production has expanded, and costs have dropped. Yet carbon emissions continue to mount, particularly in the developing world, which will […]
Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance and GSB Sustainable Energy Initiative Open House for Students
@ SLS: Room 280A Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesThe Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance and the Sustainable Energy Initiative at Stanford Graduate School of Business (SEI@GSB) will co-host an open house for students across campus on November 10, 2015, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. The Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance develops and explores economically sensible policies and financial mechanisms […]
Understanding the life-cycle emissions of oil: Results from and implications of the new Oil Climate Index
@ Stanford: Knight Management Center (GSB) 655 Knight Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesOil is changing. Tight shale oil, oil sands, heavy oils, ultra-deep oils, depleting oils, oil shale, and an expanding array of hydrocarbons are vying for market share. Consumers may not notice the transformation—aside from recent price fluctuations, little appears to have changed at the gas pump. But behind-the-scenes, the oils themselves, how they are extracted […]
Changing the World to Save the World
Room offsiteIvy Plus European Leaders in partnership with Stanford Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance, Stanford Professionals in Energy, Berkeley Club of France, HEC Pole Globalisation and France-Amériques host a cutting-edge forum on climate change and COP21 with sought-after Stanford University faculty, OECD, U.S. and French climate and energy experts Speakers - Dan Reicher, Executive Director, Stanford […]
US Climate Regulations and the Supreme Court
@ SLS: Room 190 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesOn February 9, 2016, the Supreme Court decided 5-4 to stay implementation of the EPA's Clean Power Plan (CPP), putting on hold President Obama's signature initiative against climate change and a critical building block of the Paris Agreement. The death of Justice Scalia less than two weeks later casts further uncertainty over the future of […]
Green vs. Green: A Debate on the Future of U.S. Renewables
Schwab Residential Center 680 Serra St., Stanford, CA, United StatesRead about the Green v. Green event here. The Stanford Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance, together with the Stanford Professionals in Energy (SPIE) alumni network, invite you to join us for a substantive debate about the future of renewables in the US. The program will feature Jeff Brown, a GSB lecturer and experienced […]
Roundtable on Nuclear Value and Market Viability: What Are the Options?
Room offsiteOn Tuesday, May 24, 2016, Stanford University’s Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance and the Shultz-Stephenson Task Force on Energy Policy at The Hoover Institution co-sponsored a roundtable on the value and market viability of nuclear power in the United States.
Reaching India’s Audacious Solar Targets
@ Stanford: Knight Management Center (GSB) 655 Knight Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesPlease join us for a lunchtime presentation on recent research by the Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy & Finance. Executive Director Dan Reicher and Fellow Gireesh Shrimali will discuss their in-depth study assessing the feasibility and promise of India’s ambitious solar deployment goals. Background: At the 2015 Paris COP, Prime Minister Modi committed India to dramatically increase […]
The Changing Business Model for Utilities
@ Stanford: Knight Management Center (GSB) 655 Knight Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesThe Sustainable Energy Initiative, led by Steyer-Taylor Center Faculty Research Director Stefan Reichelstein, will host a one-day conference to explore ongoing structural and regulatory developments in the utility industry, and to project emerging trends and their implications for the future. Sessions will cover a variety of current issues facing utilities, such as integrating distributed energy […]