Category: Environment & climate

It is extremely important for us to understand our environment, how human activities may affect it, and how we can reduce the damage. Environmental problems are often complex, having many interacting parts and stakeholders. Below are a few of the interesting and important models created to help illuminate issues around climate change.

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07/08/2024 | Academic research, Case studies, Decision analysis & multi-criteria, Energy & power, Environment & climate, Risk & uncertainty

Social influences in modeling energy decarbonization

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Discover how blending social dynamics with energy models revolutionizes climate policy, offering sustainable, culturally-informed solutions.

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07/08/2024 | Case studies, Environment & climate, Lumina consulting projects, Risk & uncertainty, Spreadsheet conversions

Are cows worse than cars for greenhouse gas?

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Turns out that methane from farm animals generates more greenhouse gas emissions than cars, trucks, trains, and planes combined.

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07/08/2024 | Analytica in the cloud, Case studies, Decision analysis & multi-criteria, Energy & power, Environment & climate, Lumina consulting projects, Newsworthy, Open-source models, Videos

Building electrification: heat pump technology

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Lumina set out to build a useful tool to assess the benefits of heat pumps. Learn more about heat pumps and their impact.

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07/08/2024 | Academic research, Case studies, Energy & power, Environment & climate, Newsworthy, Risk & uncertainty

US gas leaks much larger than previously estimated

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A new Stanford-led study on natural gas leak rates from oil and gas activity across a large fraction of the US are about 3x more than previous government estimates. The…

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06/15/2023 | Case studies, Decision analysis & multi-criteria, Energy & power, Environment & climate, Projects by consulting firms, Risk & uncertainty

Can California afford its ambitious climate policies?

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The State of California uses the PATHWAYS Analytica model to show that it can reach its ambitious target of 50% reduction in GHG emissions by 2030 at reasonable cost.

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07/08/2024 | Case studies, Decision analysis & multi-criteria, Energy & power, Environment & climate, Lumina consulting projects, Newsworthy, Portfolio management

Helping DOE decide which R&D projects to fund

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See how the prioritization of technologies and projects are managed based on the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for the US.

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07/08/2024 | Blogs, Energy & power, Environment & climate

The Units State of America: buying gas by the kilowatt-hour

Max Henrion

Why does the USA still use British Thermal Units (BTU) and other archaic units that even the Brits scrapped? Max Henrion argues that international (metric) units would make the clean energy transition easier.

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07/08/2024 | Academic research, Business & finance, Energy & power, Environment & climate, Videos, Webinars

Making jet fuel from the sun & wind

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Learn more on how Evan Sherwin employed an optimization-based techno-economic analysis, implemented in Analytica, to assess the prospects for large cost reductions.

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