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During the winter break, I had the opportunity to travel to Lebanon and help to troubleshoot three hybrid microgrids in Lebanon. These sites were commissioned as part of the UNDP program CEDRO IV, and the project...Read more about Lessons from the Field – Building Hybrid Microgrids in Lebanon

There will be no seminar-style talk this week, but we will go over all the awesome energy-related opportunities out there for students and preview our upcoming conference! Come chat and have some FREE Cosmos Pizza!

When: Monday, February 6th, 5:00pm – 6:00pm

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The 11th annual BERC Energy Summit is on Thursday and Friday, February 23rd and 24th and I cannot wait! Each year, BERC brings together 600 people from across academia, cleantech, the public sector, and more to connect about energy issues at our flagship conference....Read more about 10 Reasons to Be Excited for the BERC Energy Summit (Feb. 23-24)

I always tell my younger friends when they’re thinking about getting involved with BERC that it’s...Read more about BERCU Co-Pres. Brooke Maushund authors report, Speaks at COP22

I always tell my younger friends when they’re thinking about getting involved with BERC that it’s...Read more about BERCU Co-Pres. Brooke Maushund authors report, Speaks at COP22

BERC has joined a coalition of student energy clubs from across the country in urging the Trump administration to demonstrate leadership on clean energy, and promote support for an industry critical to future American prosperity. In an open letter addressed directly to President-Elect Trump,...Read more about Tomorrow’s Energy Leaders Call for Leadership From Trump Today

Although it’s only a few days until finals, the SEC has been busy doing cool energy-related things. We highlight some of them here, in our latest activity roundup:

SWEP Hosts Cross-Campus Open House

Our newest community, the Solar and Wind Energy Project (SWEP),...Read more about Activity Roundup – Dead Week Edition

Solar and Wind Energy Project (SWEP), Stanford Energy Club’s newest community, recently organized a cross-campus energy open house. The event, which was sponsored by the Uytengsu Teaching Center, was designed to expose students to a sampling of clean energy project opportunities at...Read more about Recap: SWEP Cross-Campus Energy Open House

Last month, I attended the National Distributed Energy Futures (NDEF) Conference in San Francisco. The focus of this perennial conference is on “building a better electricity grid that unlocks the value of...Read more about Should we engage or disengage consumers about their energy usage?

Colvin Wang and a number of other SEC officers attended a panel last week on the future of batteries hosted by the Churchill Club, a technology and business forum based in Silicon Valley. This is his recap of the event.

On Wednesday evening, the Churchill Club gathered in Pullman...Read more about Off-Campus: The Churchill Club on the Future of Batteries

When: Monday, November 7, 5:00pm – 6:30pm

Where: Koelbel 255

Speaker: Adam Reed

Bio: Adam Reed is a Lecturer in the Environmental Studies Program, and coordinator for Renewable and Sustainable...Read more about 11/7/16 – Monthly Meeting: Adam Reed – Lecturer and Coordinator for Renewable and Sustainable Energy (RSE)

We will discuss global energy justice in our last Monthly Meeting of the semester.

When: Monday, December 5, 5:00pm – 6:30pm

Where: Koelbel 255

Speaker: Dr. Lakshman Guruswamy

Bio: Dr....Read more about 12/5/16 – Monthly Meeting: Dr. Lakshman Guruswamy

Cross-Posted from the Berkeley Science Review. Original article.

Authors: Daniel Aranki, Roel Dobbe, Jaime F. Fisac, and Cathy Wu

You are heading home...Read more about Automating Us – The entanglement of people and machines

BERC China Focus is pleased to have hosted monthly Coffee Chats with researchers and professionals in the field of energy and environment this semester. In this series of three Coffee Chats, students discussed green technologies, research experiences, and career decisions with Yaosen Tian...Read more about BERC China Focus Coffee Chats

Join us for an exciting, in-depth presentation of emerging cleantech solutions from Caltech, Princeton, Stanford, UC Berkeley, UCLA, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory...Read more about 7th Annual C2M Symposium

Cobalt is the most expensive raw material used for building lithium-ion batteries. Lithium-ion batteries are used in smartphones, laptops, and electric vehicles. In the past year, the price of refined cobalt has been above $20k. Also, in the past 5 years the demand for this element from...Read more about Where does cobalt used in smartphone batteries come from?

This past weekend, nearly 40 participants from UC Berkeley, Berkeley Lab, and the Bay Area gathered for Brave New Hacks, the 4th annual BERC Cleanweb Hackathon. The event was a huge success, and 7 teams made pitches at the end of the 24-hour event in front of a panel of judges,...Read more about Potato Solar and Visualizing Gun Violence Take Home Top Prizes at Brave New Hacks

Energy Week 2016 was the biggest one yet, with three action-packed days of events, starting with a keynote address from Tom Steyer, featuring 2 panels on energy entrepreneurship, a design thinking workshop, and a second keynote address from cleantech investor Ira Ehrenpreis.Our journal team has...Read more about Energy Week 2016: Recap

This year, one of our goals at the SEC has been to have continuous engagement with the energy community at Stanford, especially outside of our main events like Energy Week and Energy 360. As a result, we’ve had members and officers take part in some very interesting events, and get the...Read more about SEC Activity Roundup – November Edition

Given recent events, including the election of a climate denier and coal buff as President, Thanksgiving conversations might be even more awkward than normal. Luckily, us folks at the SEC have your back – we’ve compiled a list of all the great energy news that will both reassure you for...Read more about Energy Roundup – Give Thanks Edition