C-PREE Bradford Seminar: Renewable Resilience: Solar Energy as a Climate Solution

Date & Time Mar 31 2025 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
Location Wallace Hall
300
Topics Climate Change, Environment, Energy Science, Technology, Innovation
Department Center for Policy Research on Energy and the Environment (C-PREE) High Meadows Environmental Institute
Speaker(s)
Lindsey Guinther
Audience Open to the Public, Registration Required
Link Event Details

Lindsey Guinther, Director of Environmental Affairs at Lightsource bp, is a trailblazer in the renewable energy sector with over 17 years of industry experience. Her expertise in project siting, spatial modeling, and climate resilience has been instrumental in advancing nearly 4 gigawatts of executed projects. 

Lindsey joined Lightsource bp, a leading developer, financier and operator of utility-scale renewable energy projects in 2020, where she spearheads the company's global climate and disaster resiliency initiative. Her role involves integrating robust mitigation strategies for natural hazard events across all stages of project development, construction, and operations. This comprehensive approach ensures the creation of a resilient portfolio of renewable energy projects, crucial in the fight against climate change. Her innovative use of GIS tools and natural hazard risk data has been pivotal in implementing avoidance and mitigation strategies, significantly improving project resilience and insurability. Lindsey received her BA in Geography and Environmental Studies at the University of Colorado and her MS in Geography from the University of South Carolina.  Her unique academic background and her extensive industry experience in renewable energy has established Lindsey as a leader in advancing sustainable and resilient renewable energy development.

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The David Bradford Energy and Environmental Policy Seminar Series is coordinated by the Center for Policy Research on Energy and the Environment (C-PREE), and co-sponsored by the High Meadows Environmental Institute (HMEI). 

This in-person event is open to the public. Princeton University community members do not need to RSVP. Members of the general public should RSVP to ccrosby@princeton.edu and will be accommodated as space allows.

This seminar will be livestreamed at http://mediacentrallive.princeton.edu/ and videos of the recordings are posted on C-PREE's YouTube channel within a week or two after the event.

 

Sponsorship of an event does not constitute institutional endorsement of external speakers or views presented.