News Category: energy

An international research team that includes a professor in the Cockrell School’s McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering has pioneered a new filtration technique that could dramatically reduce the amount of time it takes to extract lithium from the earth and thereby improve the supply for electric vehicles and renewable energy sources.

Students Fighting Climat Change, faculty and other organizations protested a talk by a climate change denier, according the The Daily Texan.

When it comes to developing energy solutions for the university, planning ahead is the proven modus operandi. “We always look at the big picture, what’s down the road,” said Juan Ontiveros, associate vice president of Utilities, Energy and Facilities Management.

The Energy Institute's Michael Webber penned a feaure in Texas Monthly on how one of the biggest pollutors—Texas—could embrace a low carbon future.