Finance and Administration News
Dan Karney wins EPA challenge to study how power plants ramp to meet demand, California's 'Duck Curve'
If the sun isn't shining and the wind isn't blowing, then ramp up the fossil-fuel power plant to fill the gap. But it's not that easy or efficient to run a power grid that way, said economist Daniel Karney(opens in a new window), who recently won a U.S. EPA challenge(opens in a new window) to study the effects of "ramping."
Karney and Khyati Malik(opens in a new window), a Ph.D. student at Ohio State University, will use Power Sector Emissions Data from the EPA's Clean Air Markets Division to study the ramping behavior of fossil fuel-fired power plants and the subsequent impact on emissions and regulatory compliance. Malik is an Ohio University alumna, having earned an M.A. in Economics(opens in a new window) from the College of Arts and Sciences in 2018.
OHIO students, staff work behind the scenes to keep campus, community clean
Ohio University is home to a number of students, professional staff, and faculty working hard to help the environment.
Campus Recycling and the Office of Sustainability are two departments in partnership with the Appalachia Ohio Zero Waste Initiative (AOZWI), a longstanding project supported by the local Sugar Bush Foundation, who are dedicated to the prevention of pollution and improvement of waste management in Athens.