As I’m sitting up in my bed on the first night of the Nicholas Clean Energy Tech trip, I’m joined by the low, droning voices of MSNBC. The evening is drawing to a close andContinue reading
Author: Soli Shin
The Story of Storage
As a graduate student, you often hear a lot about the tremendous disruptive power of energy storage. Companies that work on energy storage often don’t do just batteries, but they want to offer their customersContinue reading
CHP plant, spring revival?
What’s the update since the holiday season regarding the proposed Combined Heat and Power (CHP) natural gas plant? Before we launch into that question, I want to bring readers’ attentions to the Climate Reality ProjectContinue reading
Busting the blockchain: How will it transform energy?
Blockchain technology is a very advanced record-keeping system. It is a virtual fortress and it is elegant in its design. The system works as a decentralized ledger. Transactions are verified, logged and disseminated among theContinue reading
Organic solar cells: Myth or reality?
In September of my first semester here at Nicholas, I attended a Duke Energy Initiative panel discussion. This panel represented the future of energy technology, not just at NSOE, but throughout the Duke campus. TheContinue reading
Duke Energy Initiative & Nicholas Energy Club: Denver Career Trek Fall 2016
During my first semester at Duke, I was fortunate enough to attend a career trek to the great Denver, Colorado, area (including Golden and Boulder). The trip was sponsored by Duke’s Energy Initiative and Nicholas’Continue reading
The Waiting Game: Part 4 of Duke’s Natural Gas Plant Debate
This is the last installment of Energy Valley’s series on the proposed combined heat and power plant on Duke University’s campus. In summation, I would like to provide some closing thoughts on the implications ofContinue reading
Voices from the CHP Forum: Part 3 of Duke’s Natural Gas Plant Debate
The air in the atrium of Gross Hall was buzzing with anticipation. Students and other stakeholders had been hearing about this forum for weeks in anticipation of a clash of opinions on the CHP plantContinue reading
Lifting the Veil: Part 2 of Duke’s Natural Gas Plant Debate
If you are just joining us in our series on the proposed combined heat and power (CHP) plant on Duke University’s West Campus, here’s what we know so far: The plant would run on naturalContinue reading
Up for Debate: Duke’s Natural Gas Plant Proposal
Impatience drove me to go to grad school, a purchase that will empty my entire life’s worth of savings. Why? Because the world’s warming climate won’t wait for us to become billionaires before we helpContinue reading