Month: February 2021

Early each year, several things appear in Iceland as harbingers of Spring, such as the Loa. Iceland School of Energy students and their renewable energy compatriots worldwide clamber out of their coursework like groundhogs in wider search of advisors and appropriate thesis topics. How do they find them? It’s possible one might see one’s thesis topic candidates or career arc options in the swirling tendrils of a Sankey diagram, such as the Super Sankey diagram for the U.S. shown (partially) above. These energy diagrams can bring some order to chaos and help communicate priorities on a national, community/complex or individual level. What needs decarbonization attention? How can find a suitable prospect? You and everyone joining in on the Grand Alliance fighting climate change are in there somewhere. Let’s take a look at how thinking about problems using these diagrams might help you find and put your potential contributions in context.