UT researchers explore potential for increased hydrogen usage

March 29, 2019
UT Austin researchers have recently participated in two studies leading to the publication of scientific articles...

UT energy experts weigh in on PG&E bankruptcy filing

Feb. 14, 2019
Joshua Rhodes and Todd Davidson assess the fallout California’s largest utility faces from $30 billion in liability claims related to wildfires sparked by its electric system....

Climate change is no longer a technological challenge – it is an economic one

Dec. 19, 2018
The recent release of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report contains some grim warnings, but it is also a reminder...

Location, location: how an increase in EVs might affect electricity demand and consumption depends on where you drive

Dec. 19, 2018
In a new op-ed published by The Conversation, UT Austin researchers Todd Davidson, Josh Rhodes, Dave Tuttle and Kazunori Nagasawa explore...

Combating climate is no longer a technological challenge, it’s an economic one

Oct. 31, 2018
The recent release of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report offered some grim warnings, writes UT Energy Institute Research Associate Todd Davidson...

Failing to address climate change threatens national security

April 26, 2018
U.S. policymakers have a constitutional mandate to address climate change to ensure national security...

Big Ideas: the Full Cost of Electricity

March 29, 2018
Big Ideas, a new online magazine produced by UT’s McCombs School of Business, revisited a recent Energy Institute study, the Full Cost of Electricity...

How China is Reinventing its Energy Economy

Feb. 14, 2018
China’s thirst for energy is rising. But to save its cities from suffocating pollution, leaders are looking to carbon-free energy sources and electric vehicles.

To drive or not to drive, that is the question

Dec. 18, 2017
Two UT researchers have developed a sophisticated economic model and online calculator to help consumers decide if it makes more sense to own a personal vehicle or use ridesharing services...

Hurricane Harvey can help Houston rethink its car culture

Oct. 27, 2017
Texas and Florida residents who receive disaster-recovery checks from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and private insurance companies in the wake of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma...