News Archive
Max Pisciotta wins the Perry World House Graduate Essay Prize!
Max is awarded the inaugural Perry World House Graduate Essay Prize for their essay submission, which outlines the possibility for using abandoned or retired oil and as wells for geothermal energy systems. Check out the full essay here!
Hélène was interviewed by the Washington Post along with Fervo Energy to discuss the potential for geothermal energy to be a low-carbon energy source for direct air capture technologies! Check out the story here!
Penn Today’s feature highlights the research that the Clean Energy Conversions Lab is pursuing to repurpose mine wastes to store CO2 pulled from the atmosphere, resulting in new rock formation. Check out the story here!
Hélène Pilorgé presents research related to direct air capture powered by geothermal energy and carbon mineralization at the 2022 AGU Conference
The American Geophysical Union (AGU) Conference is a biannual meeting where researchers gather to present their groundbreaking research related to earth and space science. In Hélène’s presentation, she emphasizes the use of geothermal energy to power direct air capture and the use of carbon mineralization as a storage mechanism for the CO2 that is removed from the atmosphere. Great job, Hélène!
Max Pisciotta presents cement decarbonization research at the 2022 SDEWES Conference
The Sustainable Development of Energy, Water, and Environmental Systems (SDEWES) Conference is an annual conference focused on the topics advancing sustainable development. Max’s presentation focused on technological methods for cement decarbonization and they emphasized that different cement manufactures may be looking for different strategies based on the resources available in their region. Well done, Max!
The Clean Energy Conversions Lab moved to the newly developed Pennovation Lab building located at the Pennovation Works site, 3401 Greys Ferry Ave!
Supported through the generosity of Roy and Diana Vagelos, the VIEST Graduate Fellowship is awarded competitively to exceptional University of Pennsylvania graduate students in SAS and SEAS whose PhD research is energy focused. Congratulations, Max!
Women in Climate Tech is an organization aimed to empower and amplify the voices of women, in climate tech; working to solve the biggest challenge of our time. Congratulations Katherine!
Our own Jennifer Wilcox was appointed Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management in January 2021. In recognition of her endless contributions to climate change research, the Biden Administration has placed Jen near the top of the DOE food chain, leading monumental efforts and managing large budgets to aid in our transition to a less carbon intensive future. Congratulations Jen!
A recent post by "Carbon Curve" pegs Noah's Heirloom process one of 8 DAC companies to watch in 2022. We couldn't agree more!
The 100 million dollar Carbon Removal XPRIZE, sponsored by the Musk Foundation, asks teams from around the world to submit their most innovative and disruptive ideas for removing carbon from the atmosphere. Pete, along with 11 other subject matter experts, will evaluate hundreds of projects with hopeto find a handful that can scale CDR responsibly.
