ETI

Entity Type: Initiative

  • Energy Technologies Initiative

    Energy Technologies Initiative

    Technology and Innovation

    Addressing climate change requires shifting large and longstanding energy systems to clean energy technologies on a global scale and at a faster pace than ever before.  New sustainable materials and processes are key to this shift to reduce emissions, conserve natural resources, and lower energy costs.  In particular, it is essential to leverage electrochemistry in developing these new materials as it is a fundamental component for energy storage and conversion, carbon capture, and green hydrogen production.

    The Energy Technologies Initiative (ETI) brings together scientists and engineers across disciplines to accelerate the energy transition through cost-effective and scalable innovations. Building on advances in electrochemistry and materials circularity, the Initiative will develop materials core to energy storage, carbon capture, green hydrogen production, recyclable plastics, and more. Leveraging the Energy Transition Network to work with industry, academic partners, and global leaders, the Initiative will advance solutions from basic research to the marketplace.

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  • Climate Systems Engineering Initiative

    Climate Systems Engineering Initiative

    Climate systems engineering

    Even if the world committed to burning zero fossil fuels today, the carbon already emitted would still be left in the atmosphere for centuries and have the potential to cause disruptive climate change.  At the same time, as global efforts to reduce carbon emissions must intensify, it is essential to study all potential approaches and tools that could be used to manage the risks of these accumulated emissions.

    The Climate Systems Engineering initiative (CSEi) is designed to provide an open and inclusive research environment to explore approaches and technologies that may be needed to manage the effects of greenhouse gases already in the atmosphere, as well as vigorously debate the human and governance challenges surrounding these potential innovations. Applying insights from systems engineering and climate science, the scope of CSEi will include open-systems carbon removal, solar geoengineering, and local interventions to prevent glacial melting. Its goal is to advance understanding of the potential benefits and risks of using these technologies to inform decision-makers and to educate students who will face the challenges of managing industrial civilization on a fragile planet.

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  • EPIC

    EPIC

    Energy, Policy and Markets

    A deep understanding of economics is critical to balancing the need for reliable, affordable energy with the need for a stable climate and clean environment. Economics drives smart policies that help to balance the climate and growth challenge. Smart policies shape markets that unleash technologies ready to scale and thrive.

    For more than a decade, the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC) has brought together world-leading scholars who are uncovering the policies needed to ensure energy markets provide access to reliable, affordable energy needed for growth, while limiting emissions that cause climate change and damages to our health and environment. This work has fostered field-defining research for more than a decade that identifies policy-relevant solutions in the United States and around the world—from laying out how grid expansion boosts renewables and clean energy tax credits lower electricity prices to showing how climate financing holds off migration and encourages adaptation and corporate disclosure rules reduce emissions. EPIC today ranks among the leading energy and climate research institutions globally. EPIC today ranks among the leading energy and climate research institutions globally, and its capabilities are poised to expand under this institute.

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