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March 20, 2017 Soli Shinstudents

Introduction: Clean Energy Trek to California

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

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Soli Shin
March 2, 2017March 1, 2017 Soli Shinstudents

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

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Soli Shin
February 15, 2017February 16, 2017 Soli Shinstudents

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

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Soli Shin
February 3, 2017February 2, 2017 Soli Shinenergy, students

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

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Soli Shin
January 23, 2017February 6, 2017 Soli Shinenergy, faculty, students

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

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Soli Shin
January 10, 2017January 10, 2017 Soli Shinstudents

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

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Soli Shin
November 23, 2016November 22, 2016 Soli Shinenergy, students

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

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Soli Shin
November 2, 2016October 31, 2016 Soli Shinstudents

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

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Soli Shin
October 24, 2016October 24, 2016 Soli ShinEE, energy, students

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

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Soli Shin
October 15, 2016October 24, 2016 Soli ShinEE, energy, students

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

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Soli studies the issues of energy consumption with a humanities lens. Read More >

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She writes about creative solutions around energy efficiency and how to best communicate energy use through data, language, and visuals. She investigates advances in the energy technology industry. Her driving passion is to narrow the gap behind the science and the implementation of better energy practices on a global scale.

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