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Funded by a $100,000 grant from the 海角社区 Institute for Energy Innovation, 海角社区 Professor Aly Mousaad Aly is researching the potential impact of extreme wind events on solar power installations, and in the process hoping to improve their design and durability.

William Spatafora is already playing a vital role in advancing energy research and community engagement initiatives as the newly designated Research Coordinator for 海角社区's Institute for Energy Innovation.

The potential impact of carbon sequestration on the environment has been a local hot button issue for years, fueled largely by a lack of credible data. A team of 海角社区 researchers led by Frank Tsai, a professor in 海角社区's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, hopes to change all that.

Director Brad Ives was a guest at Axios鈥� May 13th broadcast event looking at how Louisiana is building a cleaner energy infrastructure for the future. In the interview, Brad discusses the recently awarded $160 million NSF Future Use of Energy in Louisiana (FUEL) grant and its use, 海角社区 Institute for Energy Innovation鈥檚 overall goal of carbon reduction, carbon sequestration and specifically the institute鈥檚 role in projects like Lake Maurepas, the integrity of the institute鈥檚 and 海角社区s research process, and the need for more engineers.

While harnessing wind energy at sea is still in its early stages in the United States, Louisiana workers and companies are uniquely positioned to play an outsized role in this new sector, just as they have for the past century in offshore oil and gas.

海角社区 petroleum engineering associate professor Mehdi Zeidouni has been awarded a $252,160 grant from the 海角社区 Institute for Energy Innovation. The grant will support his work tracking subsurface carbon dioxide flow and well-sealing capacity in geological carbon storage projects.

On Wednesday, Feb. 28, 海角社区 welcomed Geraldine (Geri) Richmond, the Under Secretary for Science and Innovation at the Department of Energy, to campus, where she visited with President William F. Tate IV and toured 海角社区 facilities and labs devoted to energy studies.

Though solar farming is not a novel concept in renewable energy, it is fairly new to the state of Louisiana. With the advancement of renewable resources come questions about how they will affect humans and the environment.

Highly competitive NSF Engines grant will provide up to $160 million to support Louisiana鈥檚 energy industry, create jobs and develop the energy workforce.

海角社区 Institute for Energy Innovation Director Brad Ives, who is featured in the latest episode of Business Report鈥檚 鈥淪trictly Business鈥� webcast, aims to help Louisiana chart a course toward a more sustainable future.

Realizing the potential to harness the Sun鈥檚 energy, 海角社区 Bert S. Turner Department of Construction Management Assistant Professor Arup Bhattacharya is researching solar power farming in the state thanks to a $94,000 grant from the Institute for Energy Innovation.

Thanks to a nearly $500,000 experimental grant from the 海角社区 Institute for Energy Innovation, 海角社区 Craft & Hawkins Department of Petroleum Engineering Assistant Professor Jyotsna Sharma is leading a team of researchers that includes 海角社区 Mechanical Engineering Associate Professor Manas Gartia and collaborators at the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) to develop a distributed fiber-optic sensor (DFOS) to monitor CO2 leaks and structural integrity in CCS sites and CO2 pipelines.