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Regents' Professor Marilyn Brown stands among solar panels

Marilyn A. Brown, Regents’ Professor and Brook Byers Professor of Sustainable Systems in the…

Attendees at the GA Electrification Leadership Summit

The Energy Policy Innovation Center (EPICenter), along with the Beneficial Electrification…

Map of Industrial Assessment Centers (Source: Department of Energy)

The Department of Energy has selected Georgia Institute of Technology as the…

Steven Chu (Credit: Imke Lass/Redux)

On April 26, 2023, the School of Physics and College of…

An electric truck using overhead contact lines on Germany's autobahn (photo courtesy: Siemens)

Electrical cables have been suspended over trams and trolley tracks for more than 140 years.…

Aerial view of Tybee Island marina in Chatham County, Georgia.

As climate change leads to rising sea levels and more powerful storms, coastal…

Randall Engle, Alper Erturk, and Yuhang Hu

Two teams from Georgia Tech have been awarded a combined $15 million from the U.S.…

2023 GT Battery Day Engaged Audience

Georgia Tech Battery Day opened with a full house on March 30, 2023, at the Global Learning…

U.S. Secretary of Energy, Jennifer M. Granholm, and the Electrification Team

Jennifer M. Granholm, the United States secretary of energy, visited a team of interdisciplinary…

Georgia Tech students enrolled in Electric Vehicles & the Grid stop to pose with Siemens employees during a class visit to the Peachtree Corners office.

The course, Electric Vehicles & the Grid, is providing a transformative learning experience…

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NY Times

Georgia Tech's Brian Stone weighs in on this feature looking at how Singapore could be a model for dampening the effects of climate…

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Business Wire

The Greenhouse Accelerator is announcing the launch of the Georgia Cleantech Innovation Hub, a public-private-academic…

Streets crack under heat because higher temperatures create more space between vibrating molecules, causing the material to expand and deform. Priscila Zambotto/Moment via Getty Images
The Conversation

Not only people need to stay cool, especially in a summer of record-breaking heat waves. Many machines, including cellphones,…

The utility Pacific Gas & Electric acknowledged responsibility for equipment that started the deadly 2018 blaze that burned through Paradise, Calif. Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images
The Conversation

Maui County is suing Hawaiian Electric, claiming the utility was negligent for not shutting off power as strong…

Benoit Montreuil speaking to the Axios roundtable group. Credit: Shay Richards for Axios
Axios

On Wednesday, August 23, Axios hosted an Expert Voices roundtable discussion in Atlanta, featuring local leaders and experts in…

Georgia Tech's iconic Tech Tower with the Atlanta midtown skyline in the background
Duke Nicholas Institute

Development of the portal–in collaboration with Georgia Tech and the SETRI network–was recently recognized as part of the White…

After more than 10 years, construction of Plant Vogtle Unit 3 is complete and has achieved full power output. (Courtesy of Georgia Power)
WABE

The first new nuclear reactor built in the U.S. in more than 40 years is now up and running in Waynesboro, Georgia.…

Georgia Tech's iconic Tech Tower with the Atlanta midtown skyline in the background

As more and more people move to metro Atlanta, we have somehow managed to reduce our carbon footprint in the state of Georgia.…

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Axios Atlanta

Georgia's carbon footprint is shrinking — but our reliance on cars and big SUVs persists. Greenhouse gas emissions declined by…

Roads leading to downtown Atlanta
DrawdownGA

Tracking Georgia’s progress toward net zero emissions is now easier and more convenient for local governments, researchers, and…