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Critical Materials: Powering the New Energy Economy

Edith Newton Wilson ’82, CEO of Rock Whisperer, will discuss the challenges in ensuring a sustainable supply chain in providing critical materials to power renewable energy.

Tuesday, April 5, 2022
12:15pm – 1:15pm
Online and Irving Large Classroom (IR-080)
Intended Audience(s): Public
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On Tuesday, April 5 at 12:15 p.m. via Zoom, geologist Edith Newton Wilson ’82 will launch the spring Dartmouth Energy Collaborative seminar series with a talk titled "Critical Materials: Powering the New Energy Economy." 

Dr. Wilson will be speaking to us from off-campus via Zoom, but campus and local community members are welcome to join us in the new Irving Institute building's large classroom (33 Tuck Mall, IR-080) to listen to the talk, ask questions, enjoy some light refreshments afterwards, and explore the new building! 

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About the Talk
The new energy economy is driven by a revolution in how we store energy. With the advent of low-carbon and resilient storage comes rising demand for critical minerals such as lithium, cobalt, and graphite to make batteries; precious metals and rare-earths for electronic components; and base metals and industrial minerals to build out renewable infrastructure. Because energy delivery will depend more on efficiency and effectiveness than replacement of combustible hydro-carbon reserves, we will also see a focus on re-purposing, re-using, and recycling components. Renewable energy resources coupled with battery storage stand ready to deliver abundant and affordable energy to all.  Our challenge is to do this with the most sustainable material supply chain imaginable.

About the Speaker
Edith Wilson '82 is the owner of Rock Whisperer LLC, where she works to engage emerging professionals in energy solutions for a changing world. Rock Whisperer is a Founding Member of the Tulsa Renewable Business Alliance and provides consulting services to renewable energy and climate risk mitigation projects. Edith is a Fellow of the Society of Economic Geologists and the Geological Society of London, a member of the American Geophysical Union, and an Honorary Member of the Geosciences Advisory Board at the University of Arkansas. Edith and her husband, Glenn, are Founding Members of the Bob Dylan Center in Tulsa, where they make their home, and where Edith also volunteers as a member of the Oklahoma Medical Reserve Corps. In 2018-2019, Edith chaired the ad hoc Committee on Climate Change for the AAPG. She received her BA in Geology from Dartmouth College in 1982, and her MA and PHD in Carbonate Sedimentology from Johns Hopkins University in 1988. Her career in the energy industry began in Houston where she was an international explorer, negotiator, and manager with Amoco and bp. In Oklahoma, Edith worked with Phillips Petroleum on global new ventures, ConocoPhillips on leadership development, Samson Resources on domestic shale gas projects, and in 2008 co-founded TallGrass Energy. Edith has traveled throughout the Americas, Europe, and Africa - where she climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in 2004 - and is conversant in French, Italian and Portuguese.

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Irving Institute for Energy and Society

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