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Powering Tomorrow

New sources of power generation are needed to meet the skyrocketing world energy demand. Penn State researchers innovate solutions and lead efforts that support scalable, abundant, safe, affordable, and clean energy.

Generating Results

As society continues to increase its energy consumption needs, improvements in energy sources, efficiency, infrastructure, policy, and management will become increasingly important to the process of stewarding natural resources.

Penn State researchers are searching for methods to meet the world’s need for reliable energy sources while considering the economic, environmental, health, and climate effects of energy generation.

Research areas include biomass energy, coal utilization for fossil and renewable energy, global unconventional shales, solar photoconversion, and wind energy.

Penn State is a leader in research on clean and efficient energy utilization strategies for engines, turbines, fuel cells, refrigeration, and many other devices. The University also leads in smart energy systems by focusing on topics such as CO2 capture, sequestration, and utilization, energy storage, and smart infrastructure.


    Penn State engineers advocate for new ways to facilitate a global conversation about energy consumption, including how much energy is being used, the fuel sources that generate electricity, and how different parts of the world can reduce its carbon footprint.

    Integrated Energy Systems Research

     

    Featured IEE Researchers

    Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
    Assistant Professor, Architectural Engineering

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    Find more researchers studying integrated energy systems by clicking on any of the following topics:

    Batteries Solar Electricity Energy Policy Energy Storage Hydrogen Power Shale Gas Wind Energy

    Energy University

    Energy is a Pennsylvania tradition. Energy has been a top industry in the Commonwealth since colonial times and is a field where Penn State has been a leader for over a century.

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    Penn State is committed to advancing Pennsylvania’s global leadership in responsible and effective energy production and management.

    In partnership with industry, government, and community stakeholders, we are collaborating across disciplines and campuses to address the globe’s most vexing energy challenges. We already rival the best of the world’s energy universities, with leading contributions in all aspects of energy research for the future. But we need to do more.

    The stakes are high: affordable, accessible, clean, safe, and abundant energy is essential for humankind to survive, thrive, and progress. To ensure our global future, we must all work together to secure our energy future.

    Prospectus for Energy Research, Education, and Outreach at Penn State

    We will continue building on our promise to provide the research, innovation, and leadership to achieve a bright and sustainable future for the Commonwealth, nation, and world.

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    Session proposals for 2025 Climate Solutions Symposium now being accepted

    | psu.edu

    The Penn State Climate Consortium has announced a call for breakout sessions for the 2025 Climate Solutions Symposium, taking place May 19–20, 2025, at The Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center.

    Penn State’s research expenditures reach record $1.337 billion

    | psu.edu

    Penn State’s total research expenditures reached a record high of $1.337 billion in fiscal year 2023-24, an 8% increase or $99 million jump from the previous year, bringing the research expenditures of external and internal funding to the largest total in the University’s history. For the first time in Penn State’s history, external funding from sponsored grants and contracts surpassed $1 billion — a nearly 11% increase over the last fiscal year.