Dartmouth's Irving Institute for Energy and Society sent one of its largest-ever delegations to the annual conference, and faculty members appeared in panels spanning organizational transformation, industrial data infrastructure, grid modernization, electricity market design, and wildfire risk management.
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Donovan highlights that as the energy transition advances, innovation in clean energy finance—especially around grid constraints and distributed energy—creates new opportunities for investors and consumers alike.
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A CERAWeek 2026 panel: If energy firms are to unlock AI's promise—lower‑cost operations, sharper emissions reductions, and new business models—they must redesign the very foundations of how they work.
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Today, electricity demand is growing faster than ever—driven by a 30 percent jump in data‑center consumption over the past five years, a 45 percent surge in electric‑vehicle charging, and widespread building electrification. The grid must be modernized—through transmission upgrades, "smart‑grid" controls, and integrated storage to meet this load while improving efficiency, resilience, and carbon‑free integration.
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Professors Mukul Sharma and Elijah Stommel highlighted the outsized impacts of algae on both climate and human health.
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