BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:US/Eastern BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20210314T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20211107T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20210411T175028Z UID:5100EB9F-F681-4694-ABEE-6E59F8EEF488 DTSTART;TZID=US/Eastern:20210407T150000 DTEND;TZID=US/Eastern:20210407T160000 DESCRIPTION:Abstract: Kentucky is making remarkable progress in clean energ y. The air in Kentucky is cleaner today than it has been since emissions m onitoring began\, and Kentucky has reduced emissions at a faster rate than the nation as a whole. By 2020\, Kentucky had reduced carbon dioxide emis sions below the Obama-era Clean Power Plan targets for the year 2030—a f ull decade ahead of the proposed schedule. Emissions reductions will only continue and accelerate into the future. LG&E and KU are committed\, toget her with our parent company PPL\, to reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 70% by 2040 and by 80% by 2050. LG&E and KU are also committed to research and development in new clean energy technologies to help us move further\ , faster\, and achieve reductions beyond 80%. Renewable energy is not new to LG&E and KU—we have operated two hydroelectric facilities\, Ohio Fall s and Dix Dam\, since the 1920s. In 2016\, we built Kentucky’s largest s olar farm and largest lithium-ion battery. We continue to expand our solar offerings\, and today\, every customer that wants solar power can sign up for it. In partnership with the University of Kentucky\, we have a decade of research in carbon capture technology and are currently researching th e technical challenges and opportunities of increasing intermittent renewa ble resources. We are also researching ways to lower solar costs and impro ve solar integration with the natural environment by incorporating native plants\, pollinator habitats\, and using sheep for vegetation management a t our solar farms\, as discussed in the seminar presentation.\n\nCo-sponso red by: Power and Energy Insitute of Kentucky\n\nAgenda: \nIntroduction/ G reetings\n\nAron Patrick technical presentation\n\nQuestions\n\nClosing Re marks\n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/267051 LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/267051 ORGANIZER:rosemary.alden@uky.edu SEQUENCE:2 SUMMARY:Kentucky’s Clean Energy Successes\, Opportunities\, and Challenge sKentucky’s Clean Energy Successes\, Opportunities\, and Challenges URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/267051 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><table width="100%">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p ><strong>Abstract: </strong>Kentucky is making remarkable progress in clea n energy. The air in Kentucky is cleaner today than it has been since emis sions monitoring began\, and Kentucky has reduced emissions at a faster ra te than the nation as a whole. By 2020\, Kentucky had reduced carbon dioxi de emissions below the Obama-era Clean Power Plan targets for the year 203 0&mdash\;a full decade ahead of the proposed schedule. Emissions reduction s will only continue and accelerate into the future. LG&amp\;E and KU are committed\, together with our parent company PPL\, to reducing carbon diox ide emissions by 70% by 2040 and by 80% by 2050. LG&amp\;E and KU are also committed to research and development in new clean energy technologies to help us move further\, faster\, and achieve reductions beyond 80%. Renewa ble energy is not new to LG&amp\;E and KU&mdash\;we have operated two hydr oelectric facilities\, Ohio Falls and Dix Dam\, since the 1920s. In 2016\, we built Kentucky&rsquo\;s largest solar farm and largest lithium-ion bat tery. We continue to expand our solar offerings\, and today\, every custom er that wants solar power can sign up for it. In partnership with the Univ ersity of Kentucky\, we have a decade of research in carbon capture techno logy and are currently researching the technical challenges and opportunit ies of increasing intermittent renewable resources. We are also researchin g ways to lower solar costs and improve solar integration with the natural environment by incorporating native plants\, pollinator habitats\, and us ing sheep for vegetation management at our solar farms\, as discussed in t he seminar presentation.</p>\n</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table><br /><br /> Agenda: <br /><p>Introduction/ Greetings</p>\n<p>Aron Patrick technical pr esentation</p>\n<p>Questions</p>\n<p>Closing Remarks</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR