Texas A&M Authors Carbon Dioxide Capture and Sequestration Safety Study
Carbon Capture and Sequestration Safety Texas A&M University, supported by the Greater Houston Partnership’s Houston Energy Transition Initiative and the Houston CCS Alliance, presents a comprehensive meta-study on the safety of carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) in the U.S. This work was jointly developed by the Texas A&M Energy Institute, the TEES Mary Kay O’Connor […]
From Salty to Sip-Worthy: Desalination Breakthroughs
Texas A&M Energy Institute seed funding supports research by Dr. Debjyoti Banerjee and Dr. Vijay Dhir to unlock the untapped potential of brackish groundwater reserves, transforming it into drinking water and ranch water through desalination.
A Collaborative Effort Toward a Systems Approach to Building Resilience in Central America
Esteemed Texas A&M Energy Institute scientists, Dr. Bassel Daher, Research Scientist; and Dr. Konstantinos Pappas, Assistant Director; and members of the UN Disaster Risk Reduction Office (UNDRR) for the Americas and the Caribbean’s Regional Science and Technology Advisory Group have been at the forefront of an initiative to address these intertwined challenges of energy, food security, and human mobility in the Northern Triangle countries of Central America.
Dr. Bruce McCarl
In an era marked by climate change and the urgent need for sustainable energy solutions, agriculture provides environmentally safe resources and significant opportunities for economic growth. Nobel Laureate Dr. Bruce McCarl is a pre-eminent Texas A&M University faculty member investigating policy, economic analysis and agricultural-based strategies to mitigate the effects of climate change through the utilization of agriculture management strategies such as producing feedstocks for biofuels and capturing carbon in agricultural soils.
Rocking Energy Storage: Investigating rock alterations from subsurface hydrogen storage
Dr. Esuru Rita Okoroafor, led a study funded by the Texas A&M Energy Institute to assess the impact of hydrogen storage on different types of rocks. This seed funding resulted in a US Department of Energy project to determine the behavior of a large-scale geologic hydrogen reservoir.