Data here.
Paper here.
Cite the paper: Kavlak, G.; McNerney, J.; Trancik, J. E. Evaluating the Causes of Cost Reduction in Photovoltaic Modules. Energy Policy 2018, 123, 700–710. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2018.08.015.
Cite the data: Kavlak, Goksin; McNerney, James; Ziegler, Micah S.; Trancik, Jessika E., 2023, “Representative data series of price decline of silicon solar photovoltaic modules”, https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/VWLCDJ, Harvard Dataverse, V1.
Cite the paper: Eash-Gates, P.; Klemun, M. M.; Kavlak, G.; McNerney, J.; Buongiorno, J.; Trancik, J. E. Sources of Cost Overrun in Nuclear Power Plant Construction Call for a New Approach to Engineering Design. Joule 2020, 4 (11), 2348–2373.
Prof. Trancik speaks with the Boston Globe about the role of soft technologies in accelerating the adoption of clean energy technologies – 8/24/2023
Paper on reducing the system, and especially soft, costs of solar energy technologies is published in Nature Energy and featured in MIT News – 8/17/2023 (MIT homepage spotlight on 8/20), a Nature Energy News & Views article – 8/17/2023, and E&E News’ EnergyWire – 8/18/2023
The Lab’s research into the steep cost declines of clean energy technologies is mentioned in The New York Times – 8/13/2023
Prof. Trancik speaks with the AP about the environmental impacts and adoption of electric vehicles – 8/6/2023
Prof. Trancik speaks with NPR’s Marketplace about cost declines in electric vehicles – 7/19/2023
The Trancik Lab’s carboncounter.com is featured in The Washington Post’s guide to electric vehicles – 4/18/2023
Prof. Trancik speaks with Bloomberg about solar-powered electric vehicles – 3/29/2023
Prof. Trancik discusses the role of research and development and understanding demand in automakers’ efforts to scale production of electric vehicles on NPR’s Marketplace - 3/23/2023
Paper on strategies for electric vehicle charging to help the grid and store solar energy is published in Cell Reports Physical Science, and featured in MIT News, The Hill - 3/15/2023, Fast Company - 3/17/2023, and Cleantechnica - 3/20/2023
Prof. Trancik speaks with NPR’s Marketplace about the strategic placement of chargers for electric vehicles - 2/16/2023
New report released: Accelerating Climate Innovation: A Mechanistic Approach and Lessons for Policymakers – 1/31/2023
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Prof. Trancik speaks with Bloomberg about hybrid vehicles and how vehicle choices can shift the market for sustainable transportation – 12/19/2022
Dr. Micah S. Ziegler presents his research on sustainable energy systems and possible opportunities for chemical and materials technologies at the AIChE Annual Meeting – 11/17/2022
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Prof. Trancik speaks with Bloomberg about electric vehicle charging and electrifying transportation – 10/28/2022
Prof. Trancik joins Ira Flatow on Science Friday to discuss electric vehicles – 10/7/2022
Dr. Micah S. Ziegler presents his research on energy systems and technological change as part of the seminar series for the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania – 9/21/2022
Results from our study on the cost decline of lithium-ion batteries are mentioned in The New York Times – 9/16/2022
Prof. Trancik speaks with Marketplace about how tax incentives in the Inflation Reduction Act could help reduce vehicle costs and more equitably distribute benefits of electric vehicles – 9/9/2022
Prof. Trancik speaks with the Wall Street Journal about how government policies can drive innovation in clean energy technologies – 8/24/2022
Prof. Trancik speaks with Marketplace about government policies designed to make electric vehicle charging more accessible and equitable – 7/20/2022
Our study on the improvement of lithium-ion batteries is mentioned on Marketplace – 7/14/2022
Dr. Micah S. Ziegler presents in the keynote session on Energy Systems at MIT A+B and discusses how to accelerate improvement of energy storage technologies – 7/5/2022
Prof. Trancik speaks with Marketplace about the need to make the infrastructure for charging electric vehicles universal – 6/9/2022
Prof. Trancik speaks with Forbes about the environmental impacts of choosing personal vehicles, highlighting carboncounter.com – 5/26/2022
Prof. Trancik speaks with ABC News about the current state of our energy system, and transitioning to renewable resources and other clean energy, battery energy storage, and electric vehicles – 4/20/2022
Prof. Trancik speaks with The Wall Street Journal about the steep cost declines in solar and lithium-ion battery technologies – 4/4/2022