Balsillie School of International Affairs will host a special event on 28 September at 2:30 and will launch the Technology Governance Initiative at the Balsillie School of International Affairs.
WISE WATERLOO
Research Spotlight by Amelia Clarke, Laura Tozer, and Samantha Linton
How eight committed cities are cutting carbon emissions
WISE PUBLIC LECTURE | Decoding Energy Access Challenges, Integrating Attainment of UNSDGs
Right now, energy generators sell their electricity to grid operators in a competitive energy market. Grid operators also oversee a parallel “demand response” procurement program, where big energy consumers like steel plants and pulp and paper mills offer to curb their electricity use during peak time — for a price
This can take a lot of pressure off the electricity grid. It also saves money by reducing the need for the most expensive forms of electricity generation. But according to WISE researcher Jessie Ma and her Toronto Metropolitan University colleague Bala Venkatesh, the current procurement practices create economic inefficiencies.
Optimizing the economics of demand response
Understanding the potential and challenges of distributed energy resources (DERs) in Chile
A Sustainable Futures Initiative, the summer school is hosted by the Water Institute, the Waterloo Climate Institute and the Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy (WISE) and aimed at senior undergraduate and graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, practitioners and interested stakeholders.
The Grid of the Future: How smart grids, decentralized energy resources, and new business models can help us reach a Net Zero Grid by 2035