Skip to Content Skip to Content

Kleinman Center for Energy Policy

Regulators are trying to stop greenwashing before it gets worse
Bloomberg

Regulators are trying to stop greenwashing before it gets worse

Danny Cullenward of the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the Weitzman School of Design says that Europe’s climate regulators are far more active, whereas cycles of enforcement through litigation are more likely to determine whether a similar level of attention emerges in the U.S.

What does the transition to EVs mean for workers?
The Hill

What does the transition to EVs mean for workers?

Sanya Carley of the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the Weitzman School of Design doesn’t see evidence that electric vehicles are job-killers at this point.

Carnot Prize awarded to architect of Uruguay’s energy transition
Liz Magill presents an award to Ramón Méndez Galain.

Penn President Liz Magill presents Ramón Méndez Galain with the 2023 Carnot Prize, in a ceremony at the Kleinman Center Energy Forum.

(Image: T. Kevin Birch)

Carnot Prize awarded to architect of Uruguay’s energy transition

The Kleinman Center for Energy Policy held a ceremony to honor Ramón Méndez Galain, Uruguay’s former energy director.
Big batteries are booming. So are fears they’ll catch fire
Wired

Big batteries are booming. So are fears they’ll catch fire

Sanya Carley of the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the Weitzman School of Design says that people will fixate on even rare battery fires and explosions, connecting them to new infrastructure proposed in their community.

As renewables grow, questions remain for utilities and regulators
StateImpact

As renewables grow, questions remain for utilities and regulators

A new paper from the Kleinman Center of Energy Policy in the Weitzman School of Design shows that utilities and regulators will need to consider how home energy storage systems for renewable energy will affect the electric grid.

How an oil giant took control of Biden's billion-dollar bet on carbon capture
Bloomberg

How an oil giant took control of Biden's billion-dollar bet on carbon capture

Danny Cullenward of the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the Weitzman School of Design says that there’s a strong case for gigaton-scale carbon removal but criticizes oil company Occidental’s claim that such technology will enable the continuation of oil production.

Pa. participation in RGGI has been held up for more than a year. What has the state lost?
WESA Radio (Pittsburgh)

Pa. participation in RGGI has been held up for more than a year. What has the state lost?

A report from the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the Weitzman School of Design found that joining the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative would cause only a minor increase in retail electricity prices or possibly a small decline.