TotalEnergies Joins the Energy Institute as Newest Industry Partner
Texas Exchange for Energy & Climate Entrepreneurship (TEX-E)
Energy Institute Funds 12 New Projects to Drive Climate and Energy Security from the 2025 Strategic Energy Seed Grant Program
These projects cover a range of critical topics, including power for data centers fueled by Artificial Intelligence (AI) adoption, sustainable fuels, decarbonization of manufacturing processes, management of water resources, energy storage technologies, critical minerals and grid resilience. “The world’s expanding energy needs must be met, while also dramatically reducing the envir onmental impacts of energy production and use. Texas is uniquely positioned to address this challenge and our industry partners in the region who support these projects have the assets and infrastructure needed to scale and commercialize new technologies that emerge from the program—characteristics that drive innovation and economic growth." —Dr. Brian Korgel, Director of The Energy Institute and Rashid Engineering Regents Chair Professor in the McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering
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The Energy Institute serves as a convener of expertise at The University of Texas at Austin and across the region to enable and lead significant and strategic energy research and education collaboration between academic, community, government, and industry partners.
The Energy Institute helps support UT’s students and over 450 faculty and research staff from UT’s top-ranked programs and centers in engineering, business, geosciences, natural sciences, architecture, law, and public affairs.
Updates
UT Expertise to Reduce Emissions from Oil and Gas and Improve Measurement Accuracy
Energy Institute and GTI will lead a collaborative effort to provide training, leak detection and repairs at oil and gas wells and pipelines in the Permian Basin of Texas and New Mexico.
Deadline Extended to March 3: 2025 Strategic Energy Seed Grant Call for Proposals
The Strategic Seed Grant Program is a funding opportunity to spark new, impactful and collaborative research in any field of energy, including business, law and policy, with an aim towards decarbonization and energy security.
Permian Energy Development Lab (PEDL) Moves Into Round Two in the National Science Foundation (NSF) Regional Innovation Engines Program
PEDL aims to bring significant new investment in innovation and economic development to the Permian Basin, across West Texas and Southeast New Mexico.
DOE Announces Award for up to $1.2 Billion for the Gulf Coast Regional Clean Hydrogen Hub to Bolster America’s Global Clean Energy Competitiveness and Strengthen Our National Energy Security
The University of Texas at Austin will help accelerate the development of the global market for hydrogen and advance secure and sustainable energy in the U.S. and the world. As the lead academic institution and a founding partner in the HyVelocity Hub, UT will provide lifecycle and techno-economic analyses of the projects and lead the Hub's workforce development efforts.
New Podcast Episode: Phases & Stages Ep.2 | The Town Where it Rains Money
Host Andy Uhler, energy correspondent for NPR's Marketplace, BBC, and KUT's Texas Standard, travels to Rockdale, Texas, population 5,300. Once heralded as ‘The Town Where It Rains Money’, Rockdale has already gone through its own energy transition. Its story offers a cautionary tale of a community trying to use what remains of the energy industry of the past, while anticipating economic benefits from the energy industry of the future.
Community Archetypes in the Permian Basin and Their Relationship to Energy Resources
The Permian Energy Development Lab (PEDL) has used an archetype approach to build a detailed profile of each Permian county. Using the archetype framework for future studies, PEDL will identify challenges and opportunities associated with participation in the energy transition and propose fitted strategies promoting new economic growth.
Energy Education at The University of Texas at Austin
The Energy Institute works with schools and departments across campus to foster energy-related courses and energy entrepreneurship. The Institute manages the interdisciplinary Graduate Portfolio Program in Energy Studies; sponsors a weekly guest lecture series, the UT Energy Symposium; and hosts UT Energy Week, an annual gathering of energy experts.
The Energy Institute helps elevate the public conversation about energy issues by connecting journalists with subject matter experts and via energy literacy programs like the podcast Phases and Stages: The Texas Energy Story.
To cultivate energy entrepreneurship across the 40 Acres, the Energy Institute co-created the Smart Energy Call for Innovation (c4i) to support student-led startups and collaborates with Texas Entrepreneurship Exchange for Energy (TEX-E).
Learn More About Energy Education at UT
March 31 – April 4, 2025: What Starts Here Energizes the World
Kickoff UT’s Year of Energy with a full week of talks, panels, chats, networking, and workshops hosted by the UT Energy Institute and Kay Bailey Hutchison Energy Center that highlight the unrivaled breadth and depth of energy research and knowledge at UT, and other leading minds in the energy industry progressing energy solutions for global impact.
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A collection of more than 440 recorded lectures from leaders in academia, industry, philanthropy, government, CBO's and NGO’s, on a wide range of topics in energy research, policy, business, education and innovation.
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UT Energy Bulletin
A monthly e-newsletter recap of all things energy on The University of Texas at Austin campus.
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Energy at UT has more than 400 energy experts contributing to world-class research.
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UT Energy Week
Register now to attend UT Energy Week 2025, March 31 – April 4.
UT Energy Symposium
This weekly class and public lecture series on Tuesdays during the fall/spring semesters features energy sector leaders and experts.
The Energy University Leads on Battery Innovation
The Cockrell School of Engineering has launched a new website for the UT Battery Research Group, which includes 28 faculty working on everything from novel storage materials to resource recovery.
New tool models future energy costs and carbon implications for U.S.
A new online interactive dashboard enables users to understand the costs and impacts of major supplies and demands of energy through the year 2050 across the U.S.
We're seeking students to join the Energy Institute Student Associate team
Students will assist with communications, writing, social media, and administrative functions for the Spring 2025 semester.
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