Ramteen Sioshansi, PhD, Professor in the Department of Engineering and Public Policy and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, will present the EEEP Seminar Series, “Techno-Economics of Decarbonizing Electricity Systems” on February 22, 2023.
Abstract: This talk explores two issues in decarbonizing electricity systems. The first is understanding the role of different technologies in decarbonizing electricity production while maintaining reliable supply. The second concerns economic and market-design issues that arise from the use of different policy mechanisms to drive decarbonization of the electric power system. To this end, we present and survey the results of capacity-expansion modeling and market-modeling exercises that shed light on these questions.
Speaker Bio: Ramteen Sioshansi is a professor in Department of Engineering and Public Policy and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the director of Carnegie Mellon Electricity Industry Center at Carnegie Mellon University and an adjunct professor in Department of Integrated Systems Engineering at The Ohio State University. His research focuses on the techno-economics of decarbonizing energy systems. He works also in energy policy and electricity-market design, especially as they pertain to energy decarbonization. He is an IEEE Fellow and served three two-year terms on Electricity Advisory Committee, a federal advisory committee to the U.S. energy secretary, and chaired its Energy Storage (Technologies) Subcommittee.