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Jessika Trancik

Professor Institute for Data, Systems, and Society

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Renewable energy

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Minimizing electric vehicles’ impact on the grid

Careful planning of charging station placement could lessen or eliminate the need for new power plants, a new study shows.

Batteries, solar, wind, and hydropower: Why renewable energy is essential to curbing climate change

ABC News    ·    April 20, 2022

Jessika Trancik (Institute of Data, Systems, and Society) discusses the urgent need to transition to renewable energy sources, and how we can build a future powered by alternative energy.

Renewables are key to cutting emissions over next decade, U.N. panel says

The Wall Street Journal    ·    April 4, 2022

Jessika Trancik (Institute for Data, Systems, and Society) discusses the dramatic price drops seen in the production of renewable energy technologies.

Related publications

Personal Vehicles Evaluated Against Climate Change Mitigation Targets

September 2016

Technology improvement and emissions reductions as mutually reinforcing efforts

November 2015

Methane mitigation timelines to inform energy technology evaluation

November 2015

Research

Cost-competitive electric vehicles that go the distance

Detailed look at 125 U.S. auto models

Assessing climate impacts of energy technologies

A new accounting of methane’s role

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