SPEAKER:
Michaelangelo Tabone, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
TomKat Center for Sustainable EnergyStanford University
DATE: Wednesday, February 1, 2017
TIME: 4:00-5:30 PM
PLACE: 126 Barrows
TITLE: Leveraging New Data for Renewable Integration and
Energy Efficiency
DESCRIPTION:
Michaelangelo will present selected portions of his
dissertation titled “Leveraging New Data for Renewable I
ntegration and Energy Efficiency”, which seeks to answer
two questions. First, how will the locations of photovoltaic
(PV) generators affect the variability and uncertainty of the
power they generate? And as a result, will locations of PV
systems affect how much supply—or demand—flexibility is
needed in grids that rely on them? Second, how many
households in California are actively changing thermostat
set points throughout the day? And how much energy do
they save as a result? To answer these questions, he
develops and evaluates new statistical models that can be
fit to data that have become available with installation of
new infrastructure: data from rooftop PV inverters and
data collected by advanced metering infrastructure (AMI).
BIO:
Michaelangelo Tabone received his M.S. (‘12) and Ph.D. (’16)
from the Energy and Resources Group at the University of
California, Berkeley, and received a B.S. in chemical
engineering and a B.A. in political science from the
University of Pittsburgh in 2010. Michelangelo’s research
focused on leveraging rapidly evolving data collection and
processing techniques to promote sustainable energy
systems. In addition to his academic experience, Tabone
has worked with the consulting firm Energy and
Environmental Economics, the U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Policy Analysis, the Mascaro Center for
Sustainable Innovation, and the American Institute of
Chemical Engineers.
