Postponed- Living Without Oil - An Elder Academy Event - Part 2
**NOTE: the remainder of this series is POSTPONED indefinitely** due to concerns over COVID 19.
We hope to reschedule soon. Watch this space, or contact the UVic Retirees Association at uvraevents@uvic.ca for more details.
Part of the two part series about "Living Without Oil," organized by UVic's Retirees Association. Each of the series’ eight presentations is given by experts in their fields who will show us what the continued development of new technologies has to offer society and the climate.
IESVic faculty will give presentations on March 21 and 28.
Living Without Oil - Part 2
In Part Two we learn of BC Hydro’s plans to meet the future electrical demand in BC, discuss the global push to consider small modular nuclear reactors, and look at the challenge associated with the development of commercial electrical storage. The series concludes with a summary and discussion by a moderated panel of experts from UVic’s Institute for Integrated Energy Systems.
Dates: Saturdays, March 7, 14, 21, 28, 2020
Time: 10:00am to noon
Location: University of Victoria, David Turpin Building, Room A110
Cost: $20.00 for the four sessions.
Please register here.
Students attend free but, to secure a space, they must pre-register by emailing uvraevents@uvic.ca
Topics:
- March 7: “Low Carbon Electrification and Solar on Strata”,
Presenters: BC Sustainable Energy Association - March14: “Solar: Cost and limiting Efficiency of Silicon Solar Panels”,
Presenter: Dr. Tom Tiedje, IESVic *CANCELLED* - March21: “Energy Storage and Electrification”,
Presenter: Dr. Andrew Rowe, IESVic *CANCELLED* - March28: “Series Summary & Panel Discussion”,
Moderator: Dr. Chris Kennedy, IESVic
Panelists from IESVic: Dr. Madeline McPherson, Dr. Katya Rhodes, Dr. Robert Gifford
*CANCELLED*