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Researchers awarded $15 million for biofuel studies

Nov. 20, 2015
A team led by UT Austin’s Dr. Tom Juenger, a professor of integrative biology, has received grants totaling $15 million...

Getting to No: The Facts Behind Obama’s Decision to Reject Keystone XL

Nov. 20, 2015

Energy Institute Postdoctoral Fellow Robert Fares discusses the technical analysis behind the President’s decision to reject the pipeline. Read the blog on ScientificAmerican.com

Ask Dr. Webber: what is wind energy?

Nov. 20, 2015
Questions from children can help everyone understand the biggest issues in energy today. In this new series...

Regional benefits of complying with federal air quality rules far outweigh costs, assert UT Austin law professors in new paper

Nov. 20, 2015
The distribution of costs and benefits for complying with federal rules governing air pollution is roughly commensurate with each regions’ reliance on coal-fired power...

Fred Beach op-ed: Strategic Petroleum Reserve maintains illusion of control over global oil prices

Nov. 20, 2015
Not only is the Strategic Petroleum Reserve an anachronism, it has morphed into a charade for politicians wishing to maintain the illusion...

NexusHaus team wins 4th place in DOE Solar Decathlon

Nov. 20, 2015
NexusHaus, the solar-powered, highly energy efficient home designed and built by a team of students from UT Austin and Technische Universitaet Muenchen, took fourth place...

Banking on Batteries: A New Solar Strategy to Profit from the Grid

Nov. 10, 2015
Solar panel companies are often portrayed as the enemies of the power grid. Residential solar siphons off a utility’s top customers...

The rising cost of resources and global indicators of change

Oct. 30, 2015
It is practically impossible for us to significantly alter many of the long-term causes of energy and food cost trends, writes Dr. Carey King, assistant director of the Energy Institute, in a new article...

UT Energy Poll: 3 out of 4 Americans now believe climate change is occurring

Oct. 30, 2015
76 percent of Americans now believe climate change is occurring, up from 68 percent a year ago...

Petroleum Engineering labs lead the way toward safer, more environmentally sound drilling

Oct. 30, 2015
Students and faculty in engineering and related fields can address challenges to making onshore and offshore drilling safer and more environmentally sound in three hands-on labs...