Past Events
March 22, 2012
Join Peter A. Littlewood, Group Director of Operations for China Light and Power Holdings, as he discusses power generation in Asia THIS Thursday.
Mr. Peter Littlewood is responsible for engineering, construction and operations, fuel procurement, CLP Holdings' China and Southeast Asia businesses, and CLP New Energy activities.
March 19, 2012
The climate feedbacks at northern latitudes associated with land-atmosphere coupling are driving rapid climate change in New England. The winter season is shrinking most rapidly as spring is coming earlier and fall later by several days per decade. Adaptation to climate change has become a critical issue both for our built infrastructure, agriculture and for natural ecosystems.
March 16, 2012
Every year, thought-leaders in energy descend on MIT for one primary reason: to formulate powerful, productive ideas in the face of a rapidly changing industry. On March 16th and 17th this year's MIT Energy Conference will explore the challenge, and promise, of Insight and Innovation in Uncertain Times From the failure at Fukishima to the fall of Solyndra, the past year has been witness to several destabilizing events across the known energy landscape.
February 22, 2012
February 16, 2012
Petroleum is the life blood of modern society. It is inexpensive, refueling is easy and it has a high energy density thereby enabling easy ground, rail and air transportation. Yet climate change and economic and energy security are forcing us to explore alternative methods of transportation to those we currently employ and the means by which we power them. What are the implications of these changes for our economy and society? Join the MIT Enterprise Forum’s Energy SIG for a panel discussion on the future of transportation technology, policy and its effects on society.
February 13, 2012
Attribution of climate change to a nation’s historical emissions is a part of ongoing policy discussions within the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (e.g., the Brazil proposal) and tends to arise in acrimonious negotiations, including the most recent COP in Durban. Such arguments require a quantifiable link between inventoried human activities and climate change.