3D‑printed capsules from Stanford chemist Joseph DeSimone’s lab could improve nuclear fusion efficiency. The capsules are designed to be identical every time they’re printed, possibly impacting how much energy reactions release.
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Stanford Energy Postdoctoral Fellowship welcomes 10 new fellows.
The fourth cohort joins the Precourt Institute for Energy, advancing interdisciplinary solutions across mobility, renewable energy, agriculture, energy efficiency, and storage.
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Oil powers over 90% of global transportation, but how much do you know about oil before it reaches your gasoline tank?
The February edition of our Energy Spotlight explores crude oil: what it is, where it's found, and how it shapes our markets.
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A new technique measures energy losses in nanoscale devices to optimize future computing energy efficiency.
Directly measuring entropy production using this technique may allow engineers to improve computing in terms of energy, efficiency, and speed.
Read here: news.stanford.edu/stories/2026...
Heat from deep underground could help power the clean energy transition
Enhanced geothermal systems could supply reliable power nearly anywhere, cutting wind, solar, battery, and land needs at comparable cost.
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India is projected to drive more global energy demand growth than any country through 2035
This month’s Energy Spotlight from the Understand Energy Learning Hub takes a closer look at India’s energy system.
Read here: understand-energy.stanford.edu/news/underst...
Where is the energy transition gaining momentum, and what stands in its way?
That question was the focus of a recent conversation between two Stanford Energy Postdoctoral Fellows: energy systems scientist Jackie Dowling and climate economist Chenfei Qu.
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Hundreds of businesses around the world undercount supply chain emissions by 2B tons/year. Why? The most popular carbon accounting model assumes domestic suppliers, missing the higher carbon intensity of some international suppliers.
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Why metals are difficult to decarbonize, and what to do about it
At Monday’s Stanford Energy Seminar, Prof. Leora Dresselhaus-Marais outlined research paths to cut emissions across metals supply chains, from extraction to manufacturing.
Read here: stanforddaily.com/2026/01/12/s...
China on pace for 100 % renewables around 2050, about 100 years before U.S.
The study’s forecasts rely largely on the deployment of wind, hydropower, solar, and geothermal, as well as some energy storage capacity.
Read here: pv-magazine-usa.com/2026/01/09/u...
Stanford O’Donahue Family Educational Farm now runs entirely on a solar microgrid with on-site battery storage, doubling as a living lab where students gain hands-on experience with sustainable agriculture and integrated energy systems.
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Stanford alum Mustafa Sultan, MS'26, cut commercial HVAC energy use by 60% with an electric heat pump that installs like gas units. His startup Greenhill also reduced peak demand by 40% at a pilot restaurant.
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Fusion power is decades away, not imminent, says Hoover Institution’s Steven Koonin in a WSJ opinion piece. Key challenges in energy gain, materials, and fuel remain. Yet fusion research already yields spinoffs making the grid and EVs more efficient.
Read here: www.wsj.com/opinion/fusi...
Stanford alumna Kelsey Freeman bridges Stanford energy research and California energy policy for tribes.
In a pilot dual role with Stanford and the CEC, she’s codesigning clean energy programs with tribes, and routing policy needs back to Stanford.
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@climatecabinet.org, founded by Caroline Spears, MS ’17 Civil & Environmental Engineering, focuses on supporting pro-climate candidates in state and local elections rather than federal races. Emma Fisher, ’17 BS Earth System Science, is COO.
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December’s Energy Spotlight explores coal – the world’s dirtiest energy resource.
Global coal demand has doubled since the 1990s; today, it generates over a third of the world’s electricity and is the largest contributor to global warming.
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Most Western U.S. transmission lines operate at ~30% of capacity during peak demand, and building new transmission takes years.
Tapping into unused grid capacity can avoid bottlenecks as data centers and clean energy projects come online.
Read here: energy.stanford.edu/news/hidden-...
Energy-efficient, U.S.-made 3D chip quadruples AI processing speed with runway for more
“Breakthroughs like this are how we get to the 1,000-fold hardware performance improvements,” says Stanford’s Subhasish Mitra.
Read here: engineering.stanford.edu/news/scienti...
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Infosys saved $240M through radical energy efficiency while increasing operations
Join the Building Decarbonization Learning Accelerator webinar with Rohan Parikh, former head of sustainability at Infosys, to hear the story.
Thurs, Dec. 11, 11 am PT.
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How did a Stanford chemistry professor turn a battery breakthrough into a billion-dollar company?
In Episode 4 of the Stanford Ecopreneurship Podcast, Yi Cui explains how his battery research at Stanford sparked his path as a scientist-entrepreneur.
Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3FE...
Gas stoves push NO₂ exposure above safety limits for 22M Americans, Stanford-led research finds. Electric stoves could cut that exposure by 25–50%.
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U.S. electricity demand was flat for decades until AI changed that. Data centers supporting AI could emit 2-3 gigatons of CO2 by 2050, according to Libby Wayman at the Stanford Energy Seminar. The challenge: powering AI while decarbonizing the grid.
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California’s 2045 net-zero plan hinges on carbon removal that doesn’t exist at scale
About 23% of the pathway relies on emerging tech like direct air capture. “It’s like trying to rebuild the airplane as you’re flying it,” says co-author Franklin Orr.
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The Week That Was: 1. Sustainable #buildings; 2. #EV infrastructure; 3. Fuel for #fusion; 4. #Superconductors
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Interior Sec'y Doug Burgum: Forget #EnergyTransition. Think energy addition
In conversation with PG&E Corp. CEO Patti Poppe and Heron Power CEO Drew Baglino, Burgum highlighted the rising need for affordable and reliable power.
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40% of food produced globally is never eaten, while 735 million people go hungry
This month’s “Energy Spotlight” from the Understand Energy Learning Hub explores the urgent global problem of wasted food and its connection to our energy systems.
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A $7.5M solar field at Napa Valley College failed after its vendor went bankrupt. But today, panel costs are down 90% and the same site could make 3–4x more power. Stanford’s GSB and Precourt fellow Omer Karaduman says reviving it is a “no-brainer.”
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Entrepreneurial timing — among other ingredients — in cleantech can make or break a venture, says Will Chueh, director of Stanford's Precourt Institute for Energy, in the debut episode of Stanford's new Ecopreneurship Podcast.
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Unexpected momentum ahead of COP30 next week:
• Renewables are now so cheap they're the logical choice for developing economies;
• Petroleum exporters are investing in clean energy;
• Small island states are stepping up.
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