by Therese Miranda How will it be possible to meet the needs of the 1.4 billion people who lack access to electricity? One of the most common arguments is that developing countries will leap-frog developed countries to implement cutting edge technology just as they...
George Washington University and American University recently made a deal to buy more than half of their power from solar power farms. Erb alumni Meghan Chapple and Mark Ellis led and were at the forefront of the George Washington University deal. Read news items on...
Erb Faculty Director, Joe Arvai published in Nature (International Weekly Journal of Science) Consider the global impacts of oil pipelines. The debate over the development of the tar sands in Alberta, Canada, has long been a flashpoint for tensions in and between...
A report from the Fifth Clean Energy Ministerial in Seoul, SK by Tom Catania, Erb Institute Executive in Residence. I had the privilege of being invited by the US Department of Energy to moderate one the Roundtables at the Fifth Clean Energy Ministerial in Seoul...
Algal Scientific received funding from Evonik to start their first commercial production plant in Michigan. Algal Scientific uses a sustainable technology to use B-glucan for animal feed, which produces healthier livestock. Algal Scientific was co-founded by Erb...
Co-hosted by the Erb Institute on March 31, 2014, the Energy 2030 on the Road conference put the spotlight on Ann Arbor as one of the nation's most progressive energy innovation cities. Ann Arbor Mayor, John Hieftje, DTE Energy and GetDowntown are among those featured...
By Stacy Wennstrom Five 2013 Dow Fellows from across the University of Michigan have partnered with the City of Ann Arbor to create financial incentives for landlords and renters to increase energy efficiency. This pilot project seeks to overcome disadvantages that...
PG&E: Hanging on to a Ray of Hope (pdf abstract) Purchase the full report on GlobaLens (Case study # 1-429-377)– published 02/2014, 16 pages. Developed by: Chris Wolff, Masayuki Kawasaki, Natalie Guishar, and John Serron ('16) under the supervision of Andrew...
By Stacy Wennstrom Two Erb Institute / World Environment Center (WEC) fellows, have co-authored a white paper based on their experience as facilitators at the May 2013 WEC roundtable on Resource Scarcity in Arlington, Virginia. In this paper Emily Taylor and Stephen...
The Role of the Private Sector in Addressing Resource Scarcity Risk (Executive Summary) The Problem: Food Scarcity, Raw Materials, Energy, Water and Land This paper, the first of its series, reflects key discussion themes among roundtable participants and outside...