WISE Member Maurice Dusseault was part of this workshop where he discussed a grid-scale CAES facility and valuable ancillary services that could help to manage electrical grids, and rapid large changes in power inputs, allowing large increases in the percentage of renewable energy use.
WISE Member and University of Waterloo President Feridun Hamdullahpur and Vice President of Research Charmaine Dean participated at the Sustainable Development Network (SDSN) Canada National Launch. J.G. Hagey Hall of the Humanities, Humanities Theatre at University of Waterloo.
The Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy (WISE) hosted the Annual Conference for the Tesla Owners Club – Ontario association at the University of Waterloo on May 1st, 2018.
Research Spotlight - Producing Energy Out of Thin Air: Harvesting Electromagnetic Energy
WISE members and their research team participated at the Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) Discovery 2018 event on April 30 and May 1 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre to showcase their research.
WISE Public Lecture - Once Through Steam Generators (OTSG) in Power Generation and Energy in Canada
WISE Energy Day 2018 featured three panel sessions that aimed to discuss current and emerging themes in the sustainable energy sector and beyond. Professor Linda Nazar delivered a distinguished Keynote on the topic of '21st Century Promise of Battery Science for a Resilient Future'.
Neil Craik explored the international legal and ethical dimensions of the important but controversial technology pathways with respect to carbon emission technologies and considered how Canada might approach the governance challenges connected to these technologies. The event Saving the Planet: Overcoming Challenges of Emissions Monitoring and Climate Engineering took place at the CIGI campus auditorium in Waterloo on March 21, 2018.
Research Spotlight - Foundational Research into Energy-Efficient Buildings
Ian Rowlands participated at the event of the Ideation Night: Utilizing Alternative Energy for Better Living (in collaboration with UW Energy Network and GreenHouse) held at University of Waterloo on March 8, 2018. The focus was on a greener future in transportation, food production, agriculture and social aspects with the power of renewable energy.