US Secretary of Energy Steven Chu, a Nobel laureate and professor emeritus of Physics at Stanford, returned to campus to speak about the role of clean energy in combating global climate change. A sustainable energy revolution, he said, is not only vital in mitigating climate change, but is a critical step in ensuring US economic [...]

(November 18, 2009) John Benner, Manager of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s Electronic Materials and Devices research group, discusses the factors and bottlenecks involved in scaling various photovoltaic technologies to national and international production scales. Stanford University www.stanford.edu National Renewable Energy Laboratory http Stanford Energy Seminar energyseminar.stanford.edu Stanford University Channel on YouTube http

(November 10, 2009) In the long struggle to combat climate change, natural gas has emerged as a transformative element of a low-carbon energy economy. Recent developments have greatly increased estimated resources, while also introducing a host of new opportunities for efficient use of gas. Chris Flavin and Snuller Price address the potential role of natural [...]

Wonderfest 2008, Festival of Science. Does Civilization Have a Promising Energy Future? Speakers: Steven Chu (moderator), Nobel Laureate & Director, Lawrence Berkeley Lab Dan Kammen (conservation), Professor of Energy Resources, UC Berkeley Mike McGehee (solar), Assoc. Prof. of Materials Science & Engineering, Stanford, Lynn Orr (carbon capture), Professor of Petroleum Engineering, Stanford Per Peterson (fission), [...]

August 21, 2008 presentation by Stacey Bent for the Stanford University Office of Science Outreach’s Summer Science Lecture Series. Meeting the world’s growing energy needs in a sustainable fashion is one of the most pressing problems of our time. Professor Bent introduces the scope of the energy problem and some of the options for sustainable [...]

(March 3, 2010) Reyad Fezzani, CEO of BP Solar, discusses recent technological and business advances made by Chinese engineers and companies in relation to the clean energy sector with a particular emphasis on the solar photovoltaic industry. He also explains how BP Solar is leveraging its relationships with Chinese partners to help advance the future [...]

(February 17, 2010) Chris Llewellyn Smith, Vice President of the Royal Society and Visiting Professor at Oxford, discusses the advantages of fusion power for meeting the future energy needs of a still growing and modernizing world population with special emphasis on the technical challenges of tokamak fusion facilities, in particular the ITER project. Stanford University [...]

Distinguished panelists discuss energy issues affecting the world today. Panelists: Sally Benson, director, Global Climate and Energy Project John Doerr, partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Eric Schmidt, chief executive officer, Google Inc. Jim Sweeney, director, Precourt Institute for Energy Efficiency Jane Woodward, chief executive officer, MAP and consulting professor, Stanford University Stanford University www.stanford.edu [...]

2008 UC Berkeley Energy Symposium: Leadership at the Nexus of Science, Policy, and Business Breakout Session 6: Can Fossils Evolve? A Discussion about Alternative Energy from an Oil and Gas Perspective More information at berc.berkeley.edu

Michael Klare, the Five College Professor of Peace & World Security Studies at Hampshire College, discusses the new geopolitics of energy. The Energy Seminar meets weekly during the academic year. For a list of upcoming talks, visit the events page at the Woods Institute for the Environment website. Stanford University: www.stanford.edu Woods Institute for the [...]