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US Election: 1 Day Left | The Opening Trade 11/04

A flurry of polls released Sunday show Vice PresidentÂ Kamala HarrisÂ and former PresidentÂ Donald TrumpÂ remain poised for a photo finish in this weekâs preside...

News and Publications by Anne-Sophie Corbeau • Bloomberg • November 4, 2024

A Late La Niña Gives Forecasters a Tough Task

News and Publications by Karen E. Young • Bloomberg • October 31, 2024

Empowering Change as a Global Energy Fellow

Daniela Bushiri, a chemical engineer pursuing her PhD at Columbia University, is on a mission to drive sustainable solutions in our evolving energy landscape. With a background in...

Announcement • October 30, 2024

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Saudi Arabia’s Renewable Energy Initiatives and Their Geopolitical Implications

Saudi Arabia is experiencing a significant economic transformation under its Vision 2030 plan to reduce the country’s dependence on oil revenues by diversifying its economy. The Saudi government’s...

Blog by Rawan M. Alfehaid & Karen E. Young • October 29, 2024

Saudi Arabia’s Renewable Energy Initiatives and Their Geopolitical Implications

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India’s Ambitious Green Steel Plan Hinges on Mitigating Coal

Amid plans to nearly double its steel production capacity by 2030 to serve its growing infrastructure needs, the world’s No. 2 steel producer India[1] has released plans to...

Blog by Shayak Sengupta • October 23, 2024

Energy Policy

How the Next US President Could Shape Energy and Climate Policy

November’s election for president of the United States will have crucial implications for the nation’s and world’s energy and climate policies. From meeting the needs of the energy...

Blog by Jason Bordoff, Karen E. Young, Erica Downs, Shayak Sengupta, Gautam Jain, Robert (RJ) Johnston, Ira Joseph, Luisa Palacios, Diego Rivera Rivota, Jonathan Elkind, Anne-Sophie Corbeau & Noah Kaufman • October 15, 2024

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Energy Justice

How to Make the Energy Transition More Equitable

Emerging markets and developing economies are set to account for the largest source of emissions growth in the coming decades, according to the International Energy Agency. As population...

Columbia Energy Exchange Podcast with Rahul Tongia • October 29, 2024

How to Make the Energy Transition More Equitable

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Balancing AI’s Growing Energy Demands

The artificial intelligence boom is fueling a massive uptick in energy demand globally. A Goldman Sachs report from earlier this year claimed that processing a single ChatGPT query...

Columbia Energy Exchange Podcast with Jason Bordoff and Jared Dunnmon • October 22, 2024

Geopolitics

How Oil Markets Are Responding to Uncertainty in the Middle East

Escalating tensions between Israel and Iran, the world’s seventh-largest producer of crude oil, have fueled concern over oil price volatility for the past few weeks. But the oil...

Columbia Energy Exchange Podcast with Helima Croft and Javier Blas • October 15, 2024

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November 12, 2024 • 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm est

Financing the Energy Transition

Women in Energy and the Columbia Energy Association invite you to gain a deeper knowledge and understanding of energy finance.

Event • Wang Pavilion, Lerner Hall

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November 15, 2024 • 10:00 am - 11:00 am est

Institute of Energy Economics Japan: Outlook 2025

Please join the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia SIPA, and the Center on Japanese Economy and Business at Columbia Business School, for the presentation and discussion of the IEEJ’s (Institute of...

Event • Center on Global Energy Policy
1255 Amsterdam Ave

November 21, 2024 • 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm est

Careers in Sustainable Startups

Gender disparities in entrepreneurship are stark. Only one in every three businesses is owned by a woman. Of the organizations that were created between 2009 and 2019, only...

Event • Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman

Devan Samant

Biography

Devan Samant is a data scientist and master’s student in Columbia Engineering. His prior experiences in regulation and analytics in risk consulting are being applied to research in clean energy generation and climate modeling. Devan works on the Non-Technical Barriers initiative.

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Outlook for Pending Generation in the PJM Interconnection Queue

Reports by Abraham Silverman, Zachary A. Wendling, Kavyaa Rizal + 1 more • May 08, 2024

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What’s Next in Interconnection Reform? Lessons from International Experience

Last week, the authors discussed the significance of new rules[1] from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to address the crunch of new generators, primarily renewables, looking to...

Blog by Abraham Silverman, Gautam Jain, Dafni Papapolyzou, Kavyaa Rizal, Devan Samant & Josh Williard • August 15, 2023

What’s Next in Interconnection Reform? Lessons from International Experience

Power Sector

FERC’s Interconnection Reform: Why It Matters for the Clean Energy Transition

On July 28, 2023, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a 1,500-page rule on a seemingly obscure topic: how to improve the process for plugging new power...

Blog by Abraham Silverman, Gautam Jain, Dafni Papapolyzou, Kavyaa Rizal, Devan Samant & Josh Williard • August 7, 2023

FERC’s Interconnection Reform: Why It Matters for the Clean Energy Transition

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