Robert Williams Symposium: Energy for a Carbon-Constrained World
about the symposium
Symposium: Energy for a Carbon-Constrained World was held on April 3, 2017 in honor of Robert H. Williams, senior research scientist and head of the Energy Systems Analysis Group at Princeton University’s Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment, on the occasion of his retirement fromPrinceton. The event was sponsored by the Andlinger Center, the Princeton Environmental Institute, and the School of Engineering and Applied Science.
Download full symposium program booklet with speaker bios here.
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Director of the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment
Theodora D. ’78 and William H. Walton III ’74 Professor in Engineering, Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University
Eric Larson
Senior Research Engineer, Energy Systems Analysis Group, Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment, Princeton University
Carbon mitigation in the context of sustainable development
Thomas B. Johansson
Professor Emeritus, International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics, Lund University, Sweden
The past, present, and future of energy efficiency
Howard Geller
Executive Director, Southwest Energy Efficiency Project, Boulder, Colorado
The future of renewable energy: challenges and opportunities
Sam Baldwin
Chief Science Officer, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington D.C.
Estimation of CO2 Leakage along Old Wells using Numerical Models and Field Measurements
Michael Celia
Theodora Shelton Pitney Professor of Environmental Studies, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Director for the Program in Environmental Engineering and Water Resources, Princeton University
Carbon Capture and Storage for a Tolerable Climate Change
Stefano Consonni
Professor of Energy Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Enabling Fossil Fuels to Survive in a Carbon Constrained World
Vello Kuuskraa
President of Advanced Resources International, Inc., Arlington, Virginia
Nuclear power: trapped in a safety quagmire
Frank von Hippel
Professor of Public and International Affairs Emeritus and Senior Research Physicist, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
Charting a transition to sustainable transportation
Joan Ogden
Professor of Environmental Science and Policy, Director of the Sustainable Transportation Energy Pathway Program, Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Davis
Overcoming commercial challenges for deployment of large-scale low-carbon energy systems
Chris Greig
Professor and Director of the UQ Energy Initiative and the Dow Center for Sustainable Engineering Innovation, University of Queensland, Australia
Grid integration of intermittent renewables and CO2 capture and storage
Wim Turkenburg
Professor Emeritus of Science, Technology, and Society, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Toward Reduced Costs for CO2 Capture and Storage for Power Grids with High Levels of Intermittent Renewable Energy
Robert H. Williams
Senior Research Scientist, Energy Systems Analysis Group, Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment, Princeton University
Panel discussion: Are U.S. policy advances to mitigate climate change possible in the Trump era?
Robert H. Socolow, John Holdren, Brad Crabtree, Richard Duke, Jose Goldemberg,
David Hawkins, Ottmar Edenhofer, Henry Kelly
