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Mexico’s Energy Reform And Pemex: Both Face Challenge As U.S. Energy Sector Watches

Feb. 24, 2017
MEXICO CITY—President Donald Trump has said he will renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement with Mexico and Canada. That has a lot of businesses that do cross border trade concerned.

Students awarded prizes for energy research during UT Energy Week

Feb. 22, 2017
Amidst the vibrancy from speaker panels of the third annual UT Energy Week, students displayed their research in a poster competition. The research contest saw a total of 30 students in four different categories...

Energy Institute releases Full Cost of Electricity Study

Dec. 14, 2016
Energy Institute Director Dr. Tom Edgar, Deputy Director Dr. Michael Webber and Assistant Director Dr. Carey King traveled to the nation’s capital in December to release a new research project...

Statoil expands fellowship program in Cockrell School of Engineering

Dec. 14, 2016
The Cockrell School of Engineering and Jackson School of Geosciences has signed a $2.5 million renewal agreement with Norwegian energy company Statoil to expand research addressing a range...

Trinidad and Tobago at energy crossroads

Dec. 14, 2016
Kevin Ramnarine, Distinguished Affiliated Scholar in the KBH Center for Energy, Law and Business, offered insights from his experiences as former Energy Minister of Trinidad and Tobago during the Center’s...

UT Report: Wind, natural gas cheapest electricity if full cost tallied

Dec. 8, 2016
Wind and natural gas are the lowest-cost options for new electrical generation across much of the nation when environmental and public health impacts are considered along with direct expenses such as fuel and transmission lines, according to a report being released Thursday by the University of Texas.

Natural Gas and Wind are the Lowest-Cost Generation Technologies for Much of the U.S., New UT Austin Research Shows

Dec. 8, 2016

AUSTIN, Texas — Natural gas and wind are the lowest-cost technology options for new electricity generation across much of the U.S. when cost, public health impacts and environmental effects are considered, according to new research released today by The University of Texas at Austin.

UT Energy Week 2016 examined crucial energy issues

Feb. 26, 2016
More than 850 people converged on the UT Austin campus in February to attend the second annual UT Energy Week, a gathering of experts...

What the collapse in oil prices is telling us about the future of energy

Feb. 26, 2016
Russell Gold, senior energy reporter with the Wall Street Journal and inaugural UT Energy Fellow, provided his perspective on the collapse in oil prices and what he sees as “an epochal moment” for...

Why it makes sense for Texas to put a price on carbon

Feb. 26, 2016
Rather than continue to fight federal rules requiring reductions in power plant emissions, Texas should craft its own plan...