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McISCE Energy Reading Group
Hosted by the McISCE Trainee Committee
The Energy Reading Group (ERG) is back and it is open to anyone interested to in energy research.
This session will be co-hosted by Postdoctoral researcher Yannick D'Mello and focus on the "Sustainability of Harvesting Solar Energy."
There are two articles we recommend that you read prior to the meeting.
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Reading 1
Performances of typical photovoltaic module production from the perspective of life cycle sustainability assessment
Jiang, Tingting, Peiru Yin, and Qiang Jin. "Performances of typical photovoltaic module production from the perspective of life cycle sustainability assessment." Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments 64 (2024): 103703.
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Reading 2
Life cycle sustainability assessment of concentrating solar power technologies: A comparison between solar tower power and thermal parabolic trough generations in Brazil
Lassio, Jo茫o Gabriel, et al. "Life cycle sustainability assessment of concentrating solar power technologies: A comparison between solar tower power and thermal parabolic trough generations in Brazil." Evolution and Trends of Sustainable Approaches. Elsevier, 2024. 23-38.
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Additional Reading
Solar energy: Potential and future prospects
Kabir, Ehsanul, et al. "Solar energy: Potential and future prospects." Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 82 (2018): 894-900.
If you have any questions, please email laurianne.debanne [at] mail.mcgill.ca (Laurianne Debann茅).
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Join us for the Montreal Premiere of "How to Power a City!"
We are excited to host the Montreal premiere of this new documentary that showcases climate solutions and renewable energy projects that communities across the U.S. are implementing.
Registration
The screening takes place at Cin茅ma du mus茅e on Nov. 19, 2024, at 4:00 pm.
Following the screening,听Director Melanie La Rosa will join us for a panel discussion with Q&A, followed by cocktails.
Thank you to MSSI, Sustainable Growth Initiative (SGI), TISED and Trottier Institute for Science and Public Policy (TISPP) for partnering with us for this event!
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About the documentary
"How To Power A City" is a solutions-focused climate story. It is a front-row seat to witness how people are leading solar and wind projects in their hometowns.
The film reveals how each community faces obstacles from fossil fuel dependence to technical impasses, public ignorance, cost, indifferent leaders, and superstorm disasters.
They prevail with solutions that do more than just create electricity.
About Director Melanie La Rosa
Melanie La Rosa is an award-winning filmmaker and professor. Her documentary, "How To Power A City" (2023) follows people leading renewable energy projects in six U.S. and Puerto Rico locales.
She is a Public Voices Fellow on the Climate Crisis with the OpEd Project and Yale Program on Climate Change Communication and the author of "Communities and the Clean Energy Revolution" (Lexington Books, 2022).
Her films air nationally on PBS and have screened at festivals worldwide. Her articles appear in World War Zero, The Progressive, and other national publications, and she has won many competitive grants supporting her films.
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