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Cheap Solar is Great, but Don’t Forget About Storage
Cheap Solar is Great, but Don’t Forget About Storage By Eric Daniel Fournier, M.A., M.E.Sc., Ph.D. How Low Can Solar Go? In June of this year, the global news media reverberated…
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Conflict and Change in LA Water: Deciphering meaning and clarifying goals
Marcia Hale presented at the annual conference of the American Association of Geographers in March 2016, exploring conflict and change in the Los Angeles urban water system. Many changes are…
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Nuclear Power Plant Closures and the Impact on Energy Storage
Alex Ricklefs and Eric Fournier describe the impact of nuclear power plant closures on energy storage needs in the Conversation (http://theconversation.com/). From the article: “Currently in California, energy storage is…
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Grid Vulnerability Due to High Heat
Alex Ricklefs of the CCSC has compiled a presentation on the impact of high heat events on the energy grid. Climate change has increased the number of extreme weather events in turn increasing energy demand.
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CCSC on the web: Cities, data, and greenhouse gas emissions
Dr. Stephanie Pincetl and Dr. Erik Porse authored this week’s post on the Urbanization and Global Environmental Change (UGEC) project blog, Viewpoints. An excerpt: In the United States, the 20th…
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CCSC’s Alex Ricklefs featured in LA Times Op-ed!
If L.A. wants to avoid summer blackouts and another Aliso Canyon, we need to reinvent our energy system. Here’s how… “Here in the Southland, we can help solve this part…
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4 Degrees of (Climate) Change
“I want to see them burn, its only 4 degrees” – ANOHNI, on the song 4 Degrees By Alex Ricklefs The song 4 Degrees, off the artist ANOHNI’s new album…
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UCLA’s Free Energy Atlas Uncovers L.A. Buildings’ Role in Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Combining Never-Before–Available Data from Energy Utilities with Public Data, the Database Provides an Unprecedented Look at Energy Use
