Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment

Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment

NEWS & PRESS RELEASES: Sally Benson

Massive Gas Leak: Assessments and Solutions »

December 10, 2015

Stanford experts comment on massive California gas leak. How bad is it, and what can be done to prevent similar leaks? 

By Rob Jordan, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment

COP21: Informing Climate Agreement »

November 23, 2015

Decades of Stanford Research Underpin Global Climate Talks in Paris

By Leslie Willoughby, Stanford Woods Institute

Wind turbine

A Surplus of Reliable Clean Energy »

March 20, 2014

Today's wind industry, even with the necessary batteries and other grid-scale storage, is energetically sustainable, Stanford scientists say

By Mark Shwartz, Stanford News Service

48 Stanford Scientists Sign Global Environmental Consensus Statement »

May 23, 2013

California Governor accepts document endorsed by 520 scientists from 44 countries.

By Rob Jordan, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment

Solar Photovoltaic Industry a Net Energy Producer »

April 2, 2013

The construction of the photovoltaic power industry since 2000 has required an enormous amount of energy, mostly from fossil fuels. The good news is that the clean electricity from all the installed solar panels has...

By Mark Golden, Precourt Institute for Energy

New Way to Measure Carbon Footprint of Grid-Scale Batteries »

March 5, 2013

Stanford scientists, including Stanford Wood Institute Senior Fellow Sally Benson, have developed a novel way to calculate the energetic cost of building large batteries and other storage technologies for the electrical...

By Mark Shwartz, Stanford News Service