ISE Research: Utility of the Future

 
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URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2144/39109

The electric power industries of the world are shifting from centralized, fossil-based production to more distributed and entirely carbon-free networks. Along with colleagues in the Questrom School of Business, the College of Engineering, and the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, the Institute plays a global leadership role in this area.

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    Stuebi, Richard; Hatch, Jennifer (Boston University Institute for Sustainable Energy, 2018-03)
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    Lam, Tan; Fox-Penner, Peter; Hatch, Jennifer (Boston University Institute for Sustainable Energy, 2019-05)
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