Public Lecture by KETL Researcher Timothy Scarlett n 3:30 PM at the Charles-De Koninck Pavilion, room 2159, and live on Zoom. n This talk will be in English. Notez que cette conférence sera en anglais. nn The “Archéo-Vendredis” lecture series is presented by the Groupe de Recherche en Archéométrie (GRA), Le Centre de recherche Cultures…

A new article by @RhiannonHoyle provides a global overview of some Pumped Underground Storage Hydropower projects, including a summary of pro and con deliberations. Dr. Hoyle mentions Michigan Technological University’s study of the Mather B Mine in Negaunee, Michigan, specifically identifying the work done by our Enterprise Team students. The Sustainability Enterprise identified about 1,000…

Michigan Technological University wants to hire someone to become our new Manager of Sustainability Programs. https://www.employment.mtu.edu/cw/en-us/job/493093 n The formal description is in the job posting, of course, but in short summary: n The Department of Social Sciences is collaborating with the #MichiganTech Office of #Sustainability & #Resilience, and the #TechForward Initiative on Sustainability & Resilience.…

KETL is very pleased to announce that Dr. Shardul Tiwari successfully passed his dissertation defense on October 7th, 2022! n Dr. Tiwari has been the KETL Fellow and an essential team member at the heart of our efforts in research, teaching, and public education. His dissertation, The Energy Transition Through an Energy Justice Approach: A…

Faculty member Sarah Green and KETL Fellow Dr. Shardul Tiwari are headed to the United Nations Climate Summit, along with about 10 other Michigan Technological University students from across campus. n Dr. Green has a long history of scientific work, advising the United Nations environmental programs. She has mentored students in the Youth Environmental Alliance…

This morning I saw videos from CNBC and CNN video about company efforts to expand from geothermal energy production at California’s Salton Sea, to include aqueous extraction of Lithium mineral dissolved in that ground water…. nhttps://youtu.be/zfZqpdt3Zy0 https://www.cnn.com/videos/business/2022/05/06/lithium-mining-salton-sea-geothermal-ev-battery-energy-fm-orig.cnn-busines/video/playlists/business-fresh-money/ nn This is a great illustration of mimicking energy use in nature, where one organism’s waste becomes the…

Justin Cooper of the Ludington Daily News published a wonderful article about KETL’s PUSH project. Mr. Cooper spent time talking with Roman Sidortsov and me about the results of the Mather Mine “pre-pre-feasability study” and their national implications, based upon a geospatial survey of abandoned mines and utility and renewable infrastructures in the United States.…

Yesterday KETL members helped to host a delegation of government staff, academic researchers, and industrial leaders from Finland as they toured Michigan’s Copper Country. Because Michigan’s Upper Peninsula has such a high number of residents that share Finnish descent, some places have Finnish language street signs, saunas dot backyards of houses around the landscape, and…

Our research team was mentioned in an APNews.com article by John Flesher, discussing the opportunities and challenges with pump hydro storage and the growing need for grid-scale energy storage. nn Mr. Flesher wrote: A recent Michigan Technological University study identified hundreds of abandoned U.S. mines that could host pumped storage, with upper reservoirs at or…

This is the penultimate draft of our report to the Sloan Foundation. nn PUSHing for Storage: A Case for Repurposing Decommissioned Mines for Pumped Underground Storage Hydro (PUSH) in the United States. October 2021. n Roman Sidortsov, Shardul Tiwari, Timothy Scarlett, Ana Dyreson, and David Watkins nn Technical Report submitted to the Alfred P. Sloan…