Introduction to Climate Science and Policy (January 19-22)
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January 19: Basics of Climate Science + Climate Policy 101: Evaluating Climate Policy Options

January 20: Mechanisms of Climate Change + Climate Policy 102: Climate Governance

January 21: Climate Change & Uncertainty + Climate Policy in Action

January 22: World Climate Negotiations Simulation

From Turbines to Tariffs: Technical and Regulatory Issues for Scaling Up Wind Energy (January 25-26)

In this two-part IAP session, we will discuss the fundamentals of wind energy and how it integrates with electricity systems and regulatory structures. These topics will provide an overview of major issues in scaling up wind energy significantly in existing electricity systems, and then we will present two case studies from our research focusing on challenges and opportunities in China.

Science and engineering of wind energy
Monday, Jan.25, 10:00am-12:00pm, E51-085, Michael Davidson & Chiao-Ting Li

• Fundamentals of how wind energy is created: introducing wind turbine design, Cp curves, and wind resource potential assessments.
• Systems integration issues on short-term (operation) and long-term (planning) time-scales: introducing basic grid optimization techniques and complications of intermittency.

Links to the lecture slides:
Hour 1 (from Chiao-Ting)
Hour 2 (from Michael)

Wind energy in political and regulatory context, with China applications
Tuesday, Jan.26, 10:00am-12:00pm, E51-085, Michael Davidson & Chiao-Ting Li

• Traditional regulatory design in power systems and complications arising from wind energy: highlighting a range of wind-prevalent countries.
• Research applications:
  1. Study of technical and institutional causes of wind energy spillage in Northeast China
  2. Optimizing wind/coal hybrid bases across northern China

Links to the lecture slides:
Hour 1 (from Michael)
Hour 2 (from Chiao-Ting)

Contact for From Turbines to Tariffs: 
Chiao-Ting Li
Postdoctoral Associate, MIT Joint Program China Energy and Climate Project
phone: 617-715-5254  |  email: ct_li@mit.edu