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The Center on Global Energy Policy (CGEP) at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), in partnership with Columbia SIPA’s Institute of Global Politics (IGP), today announced the launch of a new Trade and Clean Energy Transition Program.
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The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence (AI), especially Large Language Models (LLMs) such as GPT-3 and Gemini on which the now well-known ChatGPT AI and Gemina assistant systems...
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Russia’s energy exports, including its significant natural gas capacity, are geopolitical currency for the country. Before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Russia was Europe’s single largest supplier of imported...
Past Event
April 8, 2019
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Location: New York University 15 Barclay Street, Room: 217 New York, NY 10007 Please join NYU’s Center for Global Affairs and the Center on Global Energy Policy for a Women in Energy dinner and roundtable discussion with Deirdre Lord, CEO of The Megawatt Hour. Ms. Lord will discuss her academic and job histories, career paths, and perspectives on what it means to be a female leader in the energy industry. Biography Deirdre Lord is an energy entrepreneur who is focused on transforming the power and utility industries through transparency and information. Deirdre began her career in international development and energy efficiency with the International Institute for Energy Conservation (IIEC). At IIEC, she helped define the US Energy Efficiency Industry and worked in private sector efforts to improve the energy efficiency of the Indian refrigerator and Chilean copper industries. She has spent the last 20 years in retail electricity markets. She started and operated large retail electricity supply businesses, including Constellation NewEnergy and Juice Energy, which was focused on delivering green power and transparency to large commercial and industrial customers. Today, Deirdre founded and runs The Megawatt Hour which provides large customers with transparency and actionable energy information. Deirdre also serves on the Boards of CleanChoice Power and StationA, two business that are working to accelerate markets for clean power in the residential and commercial sectors. Deirdre lives in New York City with her family and enjoys traveling, fly fishing, and baking (she is currently working on creating her own sourdough starter). This event is geared towards current female students. Space is limited therefore please register only if you can commit to attending the roundtable. Dinner will be provided. If you have any questions, please contact: [email protected]
https://www.youtube.com/live/uKG-yDvxzRo?si=oze-u-1IhRQNCINJ Since the start of the war in Ukraine in February 2022, the global gas market has witnessed considerable changes. This is particularly the case for the global...
https://youtu.be/BperazUqXx4?si=1AwY7TLj5-nYtEbq Electricity open access - which allows customers to procure electricity from different generators on the electricity grid - has been widely recognized as an important tool to...
https://www.youtube.com/live/beIgbyUg71I?si=2UkBasWH3HYumJ3O Rising electricity tariffs are a concern for consumers everywhere, affecting everything from household budgets to agricultural and industrial viability. Over a third of the households in the...
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While the United States (US) has facilities that can and do dispose of most low-level nuclear waste (LLW), it does not yet have a viable disposal pathway for two categories of waste: so-called greater-than-class-c (GTCC) nuclear waste, and nuclear waste with characteristics similar to it, or “GTCC-like.”
