Projects

Renewable Energy Technology Grant: UT Solar Array (FC3)
Sponsor: State Energy Conservation Office
Project size and scope: $1.1M (2011-2012)
 
The Pecan Street Project: Smart Grid, Smart Gas and Smart Water
Sponsors: Departrment of Energy, Pecan Street Project, Doris Duke Foundation, Texas Gas Service, City of Austin
Project size and scope: $2M, five years (2/1/10-1/31/15)
 

Natural Gas-Based Transportation: The Green American Road Trip
Sponsors: Various corporate partners

IGERT: Sustainable Grid Integration of distributed and Renewable Resources
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Project size and scope: $3.07M, five years (9/1/10-8/31/15)

The Nexus of Energy and Water in Texas
Sponsors: National Science Foundation, Texas State Energy Conservation Office, Energy Foundation, Environmental Defense Fund, Texas Water Development Board (TXWDB), private donors
Project size and scope: $2M+ (2007-2012)

A National Roadmap for Natural Gas
with the Environmental Defense Fund
Sponsors: The Energy Foundation and the Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation
 

Modeling Water in Maui As a Tool for Achieving Sustainability
Sponsor: Ulupono Initiative

Renewable Energy Technology Grant: UT Solar Array (Manor Garage)
Sponsor: State Energy Conservation Office
Project size and scope: $195,000 (2010-2011)

The Water Wedge: An Engineering Analysis of the Carbon Mitigation Potential of Direct and Indirect Changes to the U.S. Water System
Sponsor: Energy Foundation

Energy and Water in the Western and Texas Interconnects
Sponsor: Department of Energy
Project size and scope: $300,000 (2010-2013) ($4 million total project size)

Techno-economic Modeling of the Integration of 20% Wind and Large-scale Energy Storage in ERCOT by 2030
Sponsor: Department of Energy
Project size and scope: $507,000 (2010-2012)

Quantifying the Tradeoffs of Energy
Sponsors: Power Across Texas and major industrial partners

Thermoeconomic Analysis of Flexible Carbon Capture and Sequestration in Texas
Sponsor: Luminant Carbon Management Program

DSWISS: Dispatchable Solar, Wind Storage System
Sponsor: Austin Energy

Nexus of Food and Energy
Sponsor: Center for International Energy and Environmental Policy

Integrating Renewable Energy and Storage for Marine Transportation
Sponsor: Private donors

Algae-Based Biofuels
Sponsors: Environmental Protection Agency, The Robert S. Strauss Center, Center for Electromechanics, Energy Foundation, OpenAlgae

Well-to-Wheel Analysis of Innovative Biofuels
Sponsor: Environmental Protection Agency
Project size and scope: $1.3M (2007-2010)

Energy Use and Opportunities in the Wastewater Treatment Sector
Sponsor: Center for International Energy and Environmental Policy

Clean Energy in Texas
Sponsor: Texas Committee on Environmental Quality (TCEQ)
Project size and scope: $75,000 (2007-2008)

Renewable Resource Assessment for Texas
Sponsor: State Energy Conservation Office (SECO)

Other Support:  In addition to the projects listed above, our research group has also received research sponsorship or philanthropic support between 2007 and today from the following institutions: Advanced Micro Devices, American Chemistry Council, American Clean Skies Foundation, AT&T, Centerpoint Energy, Chesapeake Energy, Deloitte, El Paso Energy, Education Foundation of America, Hewlett Packard Labs, InnerHarbor Advisors, Johnson Controls, Markle Foundation, Mitchell Foundation, Mustang Wood Group, OpenAlgae, Quicksilver Resources, Southwestern Energy, Texas Gas Service, Total Petrochemical, Webber Family Foundation, 27 Ventures.

The Webber Energy Group also engages in select consulting projects.