Integrated Energy Solutions

Powering the future

Integrated Energy Solutions

Energy is essential to modern life – we need it to heat and electrify our homes and businesses, to make and manufacture the goods and products that drive our economy, and to fuel our transportation. As our society attempts to balance the ever-growing demands for affordable and reliable energy with the impacts of climate change, Mines researchers are finding solutions. From reducing emissions, to boosting energy efficiency, to transitioning to cleaner energy sources and fuels, to developing better methods of energy storage and enhancing the grid for greater reliability, researchers at Mines are exploring all the options to balance our energy equation now and into the future. Explore our Energy research by focus area:

Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources

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Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources

Developing new technologies to harness the limitless renewable energy sources across the globe.

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Battery Technologies

Biofuels & Bioenergy Technologies

Energy Conversion

Energy Storage

Energy Transition

Energy-Water Nexus

Environmental Impacts of Energy

Geothermal Exploration & Energy Technologies

Grid Integration & Modernization

Hydropower

Low- and Zero-Carbon Energy

Materials Design

Materials for Energy

Perovskites

Photovoltaic Materials & Solar Panel Technologies

Renewable & Alternative Energy Integration

Renewable Energy

Smart Buildings

Smart Grid

Solar Energy Systems

Waste to Resource

Wind Energy & Technologies

Optimizing Fossil Fuels

Leveraging Mines’ expertise in fossil fuels to access new sources, optimize efficiencies, & reduce environmental impacts.

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Borehole Data Interpretation

Carbon Capture & Storage

Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing

Energy Efficiency

Enhanced Oil & Gas Recovery

Environmental Impacts of Energy

Fluid Dynamics

Fracturing, Acidizing, & Stimulation

Fugitive Emission & Leak Detection

Methane Emission Reduction

Natural Gas Exploration

Pipeline Transportation

Reducing Emissions

Remote Sensing

Reservoir Characterization & Engineering

Reservoir Modeling

Subsurface Imaging & Mapping

Unconventional Reservoirs

Optimizing Fossil Fuels

Nuclear Energy for the Modern World

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Nuclear Energy for the Modern World

Designing safer & more versatile nuclear systems.

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Advanced Reactors

Environmental Impacts of Energy

Materials for Energy

Materials for Extreme Environments

Nuclear Fuel Cycle

Nuclear Materials

Nuclear Power Systems Design & Operation

Nuclear Remediation

Nuclear Safety & Risk Management

Nuclear Security & Non-Proliferation

Radiation Detection & Effects

Radiochemistry

Advanced Energy Systems & Integration

Building the technologies to drive energy efficiency & modernize integration across energy systems.

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Battery Technologies

Distributed Energy Resources

Electrical Grid Resilience

Energy Conversion

Energy Efficiency

Energy Storage

Energy Systems Modeling

Energy Systems Optimization

Grid Integration & Modernization

Hybrid Energy Systems

Low- and Zero-Carbon Energy

Onsite Energy Solutions

Power Electronics

Renewable & Alternative Energy Integration

Smart Buildings

Smart Cities

Smart Grid

Systems for Extreme Environments

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Advanced Energy Systems & Integration

Decarbonizing Energy across Industries

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Decarbonizing Energy across Industries

Reducing carbon released across the industrial sector through enhancing efficiency, employing alternative energy sources, & developing new ways to capture, utilize, & store carbon.

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Carbon Capture & Storage

Carbon Neutral & Negative Construction Materials

Carbon Utilization

Decarbonization Strategies

Decarbonizing Cement & Concrete

Decarbonizing Steel Manufacturing

Decarbonizing Transportation

Energy Efficiency

Energy Systems Optimization

Energy Transition

Environmental Impacts of Energy

Fugitive Emission & Leak Detection

Industrial Emissions Monitoring & Control

Low- and Zero-Carbon Energy

Low- and Zero-Emission Vehicles

Reducing Emissions

Remote Sensing

Renewable & Alternative Energy Integration

Renewable Energy

Waste Heat Recovery

Waste to Resource

Engineering Solutions for the Hydrogen Economy

Exploring the materials & developing the technologies to utilize hydrogen across the energy sector.

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Advanced Fuel Cells & Electrolyzers

Ammonia

Catalysts & Catalysis

Electrochemical Materials & Systems

Energy Conversion

Energy Storage

Geologic Hydrogen

Hydrogen Production

Hydrogen Separation & Purification

Hydrogen Storage & Capture

Hydrogen Transportation & Infrastructure

Hydrogen Utilization Sectors

Low- and Zero-Carbon Energy

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Engineering Solutions for the Hydrogen Economy

Energy in Global Context

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Energy in Global Context

Understanding the energy landscape to deliver data-driven solutions and policy recommendations that address the energy/water nexus, energy critical materials & supply chains, permitting & environmental impacts, and more.

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Conflict & Resource Management

Critical Materials / Minerals / Metals

Data-Driven Energy Solutions

Decarbonization Strategies

Distributed Energy Resources

Electrical Grid Resilience

Energy & Society

Energy Economics

Energy Justice

Energy Policy

Energy Security