UT Energy Week 2023
What Starts Here Energizes the World
Wednesday, March 29
Rowling Hall, 300 W Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Austin, TX 78705
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9:00 – 9:10 |
Welcome and Opening Remarks |
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9:10 – 11:30 |
Women in Energy Panel & Breakfast Reception, Sponsored by Phillips 66 |
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11:30 – 1:00 |
Undergraduate Career Engagement Lunch-&-Mingle Find details and upload your resume here. Supported by  |
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1:00 – 1:15 |
Opening Remarks for Afternoon Sessions Brian Korgel, Director, Energy Institute, The University of Texas at Austin |
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1:15 – 2:00 |
Energy Careers & the Future Energy Mix, Opening Keynote Address Matt Gallagher, President & CEO, Greenlake Energy Ventures • Click to view PDF slides or watch video |
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2:00 – 3:15 |
Panel: The New Promise of Geothermal Energy • View recording Geothermal energy, green, baseload energy from the heat coming up through the crust of the Earth, has been used for heating for thousand of years (hot baths) and for producing electricity for more than a hundred years. The US is the largest producer of geothermal electricity in the world at ~3 GW, but our grid is so large that this represents less than 1/2% of our total power production. Growth in geothermal power has been slow since an initial boom in the second half of the 20th century – that is changing now due to advances in multiple technologies and the push to decarbonize. Our panel will explore the total picture of the emerging geothermal anywhere paradigm.
Marit Brommer Executive Director, International Geothermal Association Rayyan Islam Barry Smitherman Cindy Taff • View PDF slides Ken Wisian (Moderator) • View PDF slides |
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3:15 – 3:30 |
Break |
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3:30 – 4:45 |
Panel: Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) and the Grid • View recording Distributed energy resources (DERs) will play an important role in the future electricity system in such roles as a flexible demand-side resource, producer-consumer, and non-wires alternative to additional transmission and distribution. As part of the ERCOT market reform, a DER pilot has been sponsored by the Texas Public Utility Commission and supported by the new ERCOT board. This panel will discuss the applications and benefits of DERs, describe the technologies with the strongest value proposition in the short and longer terms, and provide an overview of the ADER pilot (PUCT Project# 53911)
Andrew (Drew) Higgins • View PDF slides Senior Director | Products & Services CPS Energy Lisa Martin • View PDF slides Britton Smith • View PDF slides David Tuttle (Moderator) |
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4:45 – 5:30 |
Between Two Cacti with Brian Korgel: Luke Bassett on Energy Policy, Jobs and the Transition In this 30 minute episode of “Between Two Cacti,” Energy Institute Director Brian Korgel will discuss with Luke Bassett, former Senior Professional Staff Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, how the energy transition is shaping and reshaping local economies in various regions of the United States and how our elected officials are responding with innovative policy implementations, such as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the Inflation Reduction Act. |
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5:30 – 7:30 |
Graduate Student Career Engagement Happy Hour Find details and upload your resume here. Supported by |
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