We are excited to host Dr. Evan Sherwin, Stanford Postdoctoral Research Fellow, for a webinar on June 17, 9-10 AM Pacific. Evan will talk about how he used Analytica to answer the question how much would it cost to make jet fuel from sun and wind? As the energy system transitions to electricity from wind and solar, aviation and other sectors may still need energy-dense low-carbon liquid fuels to dramatically cut emissions. One promising approach is electrofuels —  synthesized from CO2 via direct air capture plus hydrogen from electrolysis of water, powered by solar or wind. However, it requires capital-intensive equipment with variable supplies of renewable electricity. Evan used an optimization model in Analytica to find lowest-cost designs. He estimates that such electrofuels today would cost over $4 per liter of gasoline equivalent (lge), but costs could fall below $1/lge by 2050, potentially competitive with fossil jet fuel.  Sensitivity analysis illuminates key priorities for R&D. Evan has a PhD from Carnegie Mellon and formerly worked at Lumina.