Listen to the Curtailment 101 podcast: Created with Google NotebookLM, May 16th, 2025 EPIcenter affiliates Gaurav Doshi and Matthew Oliver’s article in The Energy Forum discusses the why grid operators occasionally curtail wind and solar output when transmission capacity is insufficient or demand is low, and the economic and environmental impacts of these decisions. Congestion-based curtailment […]
The assistant professor in applied economics researches, among other topics, ways to make the benefits of large electrification projects more transparent. It’s a chicken and egg situation: Should renewable energy projects launch first hoping that transmission lines to pipe generated power to distant places will follow on their heels? Or should the transmission lines be […]
Smoke cloud rising from a brush wildfire burning in San Francisco, California (Source: Adobe Stock) You’re managing the Texas Panhandle’s power grid. Heavy winds are blowing, and a worn-out utility pole ignites a fire by crashing onto a transmission line. Luckily, the fire department arrives quickly, putting out the fire before it spreads to nearby […]
The NSF grant winner and associate professor is working to improve the resilience of power grids while also indulging in his other love: history. Daniel Molzahn will readily admit he’s a Cheesehead. Born and brought up in Wisconsin, the associate professor at the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering attended the University of Wisconsin, Madison, […]
Top (Left to Right): John Kim, Maghfira “Afi” Ramadhani, Mehmet “Akif” AglarBottom (Left to Right): La’Darius Thomas, Yifan Liu, Niraj Palsule The Energy Policy and Innovation Center (EPIcenter) at Georgia Tech has announced the selection of six students for its inaugural Summer Research Program. The doctoral candidates, pursuing degrees in electrical and computer engineering, economics, computer science, and […]
Master of the rebound — Economist Matthew Oliver measures the sometimes concealed costs of pivoting to clean energy Students in Matthew Oliver’s economics of environment and international energy markets classes likely don’t have a clue about his unusual journey to the lectern: “I was bent on being a rock and roll musician from the time […]
Shifting focus from theoretical physics to research on environmental problems over the course of her distinguished career, the professor is working to decarbonize the industrial complex. Climate change might feel like an intractable problem but Valerie Thomas wants us to take heart. “It’s not hard, we make it hard. We can recreate our industrial system,” […]
In October, Georgia Tech’s Strategic Energy Institute (SEI) celebrated its 20th anniversary with campus, government, and industry partners. Since its inception as an interdisciplinary research initiative in 2004, SEI has grown and evolved into one of the top energy institutes in the nation, convening and facilitating multidisciplinary teams in the nation’s critical path to net-zero and climate […]
Top Row (Left to Right): Michael Biehler, Winner of 2024 James G. Campbell Fellowship, Erin Phillips & Sanggyun Kim – 2024 Spark Award WinnersBottom Row (Left to Right): Keun Hee Kim, Richard Asiamah, Erik Barbosa – 2024 Spark Award Winners The Strategic Energy Institute and the Energy, Policy, and Innovation Center at Georgia Tech are proud to announce the […]
After a national search, Laura Taylor has been appointed director of the Energy Policy and Innovation Center (EPICenter) within the Strategic Energy Institute (SEI), effective Nov. 1. “We are very excited to build on the existing strength of EPICenter, moving it toward recognition as a top ten energy think tank and a major recruiting draw […]
The assistant professor in industrial engineering brings a math and computer science-rooted background to fundamental challenges as the world moves away from fossil fuels. Constance Crozier fell into her field of research almost by chance. Having loved math for as long as she can remember, she could never get enough of it. In her early […]
Rich Simmons explaining the mini-project before the final student presentations The Energy, Policy, and Innovation Center (EPICenter) hosted the 2024 cohort of Energy Unplugged, a Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math (STEAM) summer program for high school students. The weeklong camp was held at Georgia Tech’s Atlanta and Savannah campuses this summer and has earned […]
Christine Conwell, Interim Executive Director of Strategic Energy Institute Christine Conwell has been named interim executive director of the Strategic Energy Institute (SEI), effective Sept. 10. A principal research scientist, Conwell has served as SEI’s director of planning and operations since 2020. In this role, she oversaw strategic and annual planning within SEI and partnered with campus […]
Bozeman, an assistant professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Georgia Tech, spearheads the Social Equity and Environmental Engineering lab, whose hallmark is an interdisciplinary approach to research. Joe Bozeman III, an assistant professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the School of Public Policy at Georgia Tech, grew up food-poor at […]
Dylan Brewer, Assistant Professor in the School of Economics, Georgia Tech Are you under the impression that air pollution is a dichotomous problem where the air is either polluted or it’s not? What else is there to know about air pollution? The surprising answer to this question lies not with a lab scientist but with […]
U.S. News & World Report has ranked the Georgia Institute of Technology as the top public university and No. 3 nationally in energy and fuels research. This is the first year the category has been included in the annual rankings, and Georgia Tech’s dominance reflects the dynamic research and expertise of the Institute. “I’m thrilled to see Georgia […]
ORNL’s Climate Change Science Institute and Georgia Tech co-hosted a Southeast Decarbonization Workshop in November 2023. Credit: ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Climate Change Science Institute and the Georgia Institute of Technology hosted a Southeast Decarbonization Workshop in November that drew scientists and representatives from government, industry, non-profits and other organizations […]
Georgia Tech researchers will help the state develop its first climate action plan. Georgia Tech researchers have spent years diving deep into climate solutions for Georgia. Now, the state Department of Natural Resources’ Environmental Protection Division has tapped them to help develop the state’s first climate action plan. The plan will help the state compete […]
Partners in the SEDAC Hub Project A new $20.5 million Department of Energy project will establish a direct air capture hub in northern Mobile County, Alabama. Carbon dioxide (CO2), the primary pollutant from emissions past and present, stays in the atmosphere for hundreds of years, leading to climate change and its many consequences. Cleaning up […]