Kuwait looks to the cloud as power grid feels the strain
Kuwait has invited bids to construct three power substations that will supply electricity to Google Cloud data storage centres
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Past Event
October 20, 2016
8:00 am - 9:30 am
Please join the Center on Global Energy Policy for a Women in Energy lunch and roundtable discussion with Hosnia Hashim, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Petrochemical Industries Company of Kuwait (PIC). Ms. Hosnia will discuss her current job, career paths, and perspectives on what it means to be a female leader in the energy industry. THIS EVENT IS TAKING PLACE AT THE CENTER ON GLOBAL ENERGY POLICY – 1255 AMSTERDAM AVE. – THE ENTRANCE IS ON THE CORNER OF 122ND STREET AND AMSTERDAM AVE. This event is only open to current female grad students. Since space is limited, RSVPs will be accepted on a first-come basis until capacity is reached. Please only RSVP if you can commit to attending. Lunch will be provided.
The Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University SIPA is pleased to host a virtual webinar with experts from Kenya, India, and Brazil to discuss and better understand the landscape...
Join us on February 25 for an in-depth, student-only conversation. Registration is required, and space is limited. The Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University SIPA’s Women...
The recent military operation to remove Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores raises several implications for the future of Venezuela and Latin America, geopolitics, and energy markets. Cosponsored by SIPA’s Institute of Global Politics (IGP) and Center for Global Energy Policy (CGEP), along with Columbia’s Institute of Latin American Studies (ILAS), this webinar will analyze the circumstances and impact of their capture and extradition to New York to face narcoterrorism and drug trafficking charges.
On January 1, 2026, the European Union's highly-anticipated Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) will take effect. Introduced in 2023, CBAM will require the importers of certain carbon-intensive goods...
Venezuela holds 70% of Latin America's natural gas reserves, which it could export to Colombia and Trinidad to increase revenues.
Models can predict catastrophic or modest damages from climate change, but not which of these futures is coming.
The US intervention in Venezuela may jeopardize both the flow of discounted Venezuelan oil to China's teapot refineries and the role of Chinese oil companies in Venezuela’s upstream business.