The Precourt Institute for Energy and the TomKat Center for Sustainable Energy at Stanford have awarded 15 faculty seed grants totaling $2.7 million for groundbreaking research on clean energy.  Launched in 2010, the seed-grant programs fund innovative research proposals with the potential for high impact on energy supply and use.

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“The Stanford Precourt Institute has awarded seed grants to nine outstanding research projects,” said institute co-director Arun Majumdar, a professor of mechanical engineering. “I’m especially pleased that this year’s recipients reflect the broad diversity of energy research across campus, including the schools of engineering, law, business and medicine, as well as the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.”

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Balancing renewables, natural gas, carbon capture and storage technologies to minimize cost of decarbonizing the grid – a California case study: This project will examine key policy and technology changes that will make the process of reaching California’s CO2-reduction goals more effective and efficient.  PI: M. Elizabeth McGill, Stanford Law School; Co-PIs: Dan Reicher, Law School, and Jeffrey Brown, Graduate School of Business/Law School.