Presented by: Dr. Rudy Shankar - Director Energy Systems Engineering, Lehigh University

Register below for the 1st installment of the Energy Systems Engineering Fall 2021 Seminar Series.

DATE: Monday, August 23, 2021
TIME: 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time
LOCATION - Zoom MEETING link to be sent prior to the seminar date
CONTACT US: inesei@lehigh.edu 

ABSTRACT:
Digitization, Decentralization and Decarbonization. The 3 “Ds” will  dominate as power generation capacity increases throughout the world.  The “Ds” are important for different reasons, but they have come sharply together as the coming decades presage more uncertainty due to climate change. Electricity is a necessary and increasingly important part of our infrastructure for safety and economic prosperity and the forms of generation are/will be driven by the 3 Ds. Digitization is increasingly important as automation takes prominence to manage assets, document findings for prognostics or forensics in case of unexpected outages. Decentralization is driven by lower costs of renewable energy which has fallen in price by several folds over the years. Consumers are also driving the adoption of decentralization. Consumers will continue to play an important role at the grid edge. More commercially available storage technologies are adding to that flexibility. Decarbonization is a mandate that must be adhered to as countries combat climate change. While the battle was identified initially in the generation supply chain, it is more evident today that the demand side must be equally decarbonized. Major industries—transportation, electricity, and cement—depend heavily on fossil fuels. Replacement of these fuels by hydrogen (H2 ) may be more beneficial, but would require enormous investments (and worker training). This talk will discuss how power generation will adapt, what are the challenges and the wrenching changes already underway.

You acknowledge that by attending the ESE Energy Seminar Series, you will abide by the rules as detailed:
- Unless specifically requested by the speaker, all questions will be deferred to the end of the talk.
- The Director or a designee will moderate the post-talk discussion, (questions and comments should be relevant to subject in discussion).
- Students will be given first preference in the Q&A session.

Please write to ras816@lehigh.edu if you have further questions.