NEWS & PRESS RELEASES: Mark Jacobson
Underground Solution for Solar Energy Storage »
A common criticism of a total transition to wind, water and solar power is that the U.S. electrical grid can't affordably store enough standby electricity to keep the system stable. Stanford researcher Mark Z. Jacobson...
By Dan Stober,
State-By-State Plan to Convert U.S. to 100% Clean, Renewable Energy »
Mark Jacobson and colleagues show that it's technically possible for each state to replace fossil fuel energy with entirely clean, renewable energy by 2050
By Bjorn Carey
Biomass Fires' Affect on Climate Change and Health »
Stanford Woods Institute Senior Fellow Mark Jacobson's calculations indicate that wildfires and other types of fires involving plant matter play a much bigger role in climate change and human health...
By Glenn Martin,
A Clean Energy Roadmap for California »
New study outlines the path to a possible future for California where renewable energy creates a healthier environment, generates jobs and stabilizes energy prices.
By Rob Jordan,
Hurricane Tamers: Offshore Wind Farms »
Computer simulations by Stanford Woods Institute fellow show that offshore wind farms with thousands of wind turbines could have sapped the power of three real-life hurricanes, significantly decreasing their winds and...
By Bjorn Carey,
Envisioning a Nation Run On Clean Energy »
Stanford Woods Institute fellow presents new roadmap to renewable energy for all 50 U.S. states
David Letterman and Woods Fellow Talk Clean Energy »
Mark Jacobson talks with late night show host about clean-energy future
By Rob Jordan,
An Alternative Energy Future for New York »
Study outlines a path to statewide renewable energy conversion, and away from natural gas and imported fuel.
By Rob Jordan,
Global Warming Agent Found to be Much Stronger Than Thought »
Study finds that black carbon – emitted by diesel engines, solid fuel home heating and primitive cook stoves, among other sources – traps significantly more heat than previously realized.
By Rob Jordan,
Avoiding Flight Shortcuts Could Save Arctic Ice »
Long-distance travelers have a lot to do with record low levels of Arctic sea ice, but a solution may be at hand.
By Rob Jordan,
Urban 'Heat Island' Effect, White Roofs and Global Warming »
Heat emanating from cities - called the "urban heat island" effect - is not a significant contributor to global warming, Stanford researchers have found. They also concluded that if all the roofs in urban areas were...
By Louis Bergeron,