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Call for Proposals: Economics of Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage

Dec. 2, 2021
Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin and the University of Wyoming issued a call for proposals on CCUS economics and policy.
Hydrogen infrastructure in Texas

H2@Scale Project Launched in Texas

Sept. 15, 2020

From the Center for Electromechanics at UT Austin: https://sites.utexas.edu/h2/h2scale-project-launched-in-texas/ 

Energy Institute launches new UT-wide research effort; seeks proposals for interdisciplinary, innovative energy solutions

Aug. 21, 2019
New call for proposals to support interdisciplinary projects aligned with our core focus: Fueling a Sustainable Energy Transition

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....

How Trump's trade wars could inadvertently benefit the environment

June 26, 2018
When it comes to the economy, President Trump's "America First" mantra has meant renegotiating existing trade treaties and imposing tariffs

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...

The need for systematic thinking

Feb. 27, 2018
The U.S. economy changes and adapts to circumstances, physical constraints, and rules that we have created through an assortment of individual and collective decisions...

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.

The state of the US solar industry: 5 questions answered

Feb. 14, 2018
Five answers to the state of the solar industry in light of Trump’s imposition on solar panels from abroad.

A Lack of Systematic Thinking Keeps America from Staying Great

Jan. 26, 2018
Our economic system operates within intellectual, social, and physical constraints. Each of these constraints can feedback to affect the others...