Texas A&M Energizer Newsletter: March 2024
The Texas A&M Energy Institute is pleased to announce our inaugural March 2024 Texas A&M Energizer Newsletter. The Energizer provides the latest developments and breakthroughs at Texas A&M University across sustainable energy sectors. Please share the Energizer with colleagues and stakeholders to further enable an informed and engaged energy ecosystem.
Global Goals…Local Action
While the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals offer a valuable framework to guide progress at the global and national levels, effective implementation often requires action at the local level. Texas A&M University has led a year-long initiative dedicated to localizing sustainability goals within the San Antonio context. This collaborative effort involved a series of workshops wherein cross-sectoral stakeholders were actively engaged in sharing their definition of sustainability and the metrics they would like to use to measure progress within their community.
United in Safety: The MKOPSC-TAMEI Alliance
Since 2016, the Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center (MKOPSC) and the Texas A&M Energy Institute (TAMEI) have joined forces to offers cutting-edge Safety in Energy Systems educational courses as part of the Master of Science in Energy program. The partnership was solidified with a formal agreement in 2022, enhancing joint efforts in research, education, and outreach.
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.
A&M Institutes Champion Energy Digitization
In an era where energy and digital technologies are merging, Texas A&M University plays a pivotal role in this convergence through a 2021 formal strategic agreement between the Texas A&M Institute of Data Science and the Texas A&M Energy Institute.