Check out our new LCA on reverse electrodialysis.

We just received funding from the Partnership 2020 program to conduct research on the impacts and benefits of solar water pumping in India. This work will be conducted by PhD student Adi Keskar, in collaboration with faculty at NIT-Raipur.

Lots of press coverage for our e-scooter study! Here are a few:

Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, New York Times, MIT Tech Review, CBS News, CBC Radio, Science Friday, Nature, Bloomberg,The Verge

Our research group was awarded a three-year grant from NSF to study the potential of using energy storage to reduce adverse human health impacts from criteria pollutants. The work will be conducted by PhD student Qian Luo, in collaboration with a great interdisciplinary team: Profs. Fernando Garcia Menendez, Harrison Fell, and Melinda Morrill.

Led by students Joe Hollingsworth and Brenna Copeland, we published a study in Environmental Research Letters quantifying the environmental impacts of shared dockless e-scooters: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ab2da8

Recent grad Maryam Arbabzadeh led this multi-university study published in Nature Communications on the role that energy storage can play in the deep decarbonization of the grid:

The role of energy storage in deep decarbonization of electricity production,

PhD Student Adi Keskar published the results of experimental work quantifying the efficiency impacts of using commercial buildings for power grid services:https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12053-019-09787-x

https://theconversation.com/utilities-are-starting-to-invest-in-big-batteries-instead-of-building-new-power-plants-110961

Maddie, Danielle, Brenna, and Sarah were recently selected to receive a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Award for the spring semester. The award is provided through funding from the College of Engineering.

Dr. Johnson is one of the main contributors to a comprehensive study on the value of energy storage to North Carolina customers. The study began in late 2017 as required by NC House Bill 589 and was completed in one year. Co-authors include other members of the Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering as well as the Electrical and Computer Engineering, Agriculture & Resource Economics, and Public Administration departments at NC State, North Carolina Central University, the FREEDM Center at NC State, and the NC Clean Energy Technology Center. The report can be accessed here: https://energy.ncsu.edu/storage/

Dr. Johnson was a part of a team of researchers receiving a $1.7 million grant from the Department of Energy for a project titled “I-DREEM (Impact of Demand Response on short and long term building Energy Efficiency Metrics).” The project will be a collaboration between the University of Michigan, Stanford University and NC State. The PI and co-PI of the project are Sila Kiliccote from Stanford and Professor Johanna Mathieu from the University of Michigan.

Joe presented his research on solar powered integrated greenhouses in Roanoke Rapids, NC at the Center for Energy Education to a wide ranging audience including academics, professionals, local residents, and students during their annual solar energy festival.

Aditya was one of 14 awardees to receive the Linda Latham Scholarship at the 2018 American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings. The award is given to young leaders in energy efficiency research in honour of Linda Latham, who pioneered the expansion of the energy star program in the United States. He presented his paper titled “Experimental investigation of the additional energy consumed by building HVAC systems providing grid ancillary services.”