| Mark E. Griffin & Silke Schmidt

In 2015, University of Wisconsin–Madison students had not one, but two opportunities to develop creative solutions to some of the world’s most pressing energy and environmental issues.

Energy & Society, Environmental Studies, Education & Outreach

| Krista Eastman

A shared passion for renewable energy technology has brought together two professors with two very different areas of expertise.

Electricity Systems, Solar, Storage

| Gary Radloff | Power Points

Confronted with the large gap between what science tells us about the dangers of climate change and the unwillingness of some elected officials to implement policies to address the problem, a group of University of California-Berkeley scholars is outlining some new strategies for moving climate p

Energy & Society, Environmental Studies, Policy & Regulation

| Leslie Shown

The Wisconsin Energy Institute (WEI) held its third annual Energy Summit on October 13th, 2015. This year’s Summit focused on "Air & Energy: The Path Ahead for the U.S. States" and attracted an enthusiastic crowd of 285 attendees.

Energy & Society, Environmental Studies, Policy & Regulation, Education & Outreach, Industry

| Sam Million-Weaver

Cities across the nation draw energy from interlinked transmission lines—and coordinating where to send resources at any given moment requires thousands of split-second calculations based upon massive amounts of data.  

Transportation & Fuels, Biofuels & Bioproducts, Electricity Systems, Energy & Society

| Mark E. Griffin

David Ryder recently shared with us his thoughts about serving as scientific advisor to the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC), the past eight years of GLBRC research, and the next decade of bioenergy advancements.

Transportation & Fuels, Biofuels & Bioproducts, Industry

| Renee Meiller

Inspired by mammals' eyes, University of Wisconsin-Madison electrical engineers have created the fastest, most responsive flexible silicon phototransistor ever made.

Electricity Systems, Materials