Monitoring China’s Mineral Stockpiling and Understanding Its Military Implications 7/26/2024

Monitoring China’s Mineral Stockpiling and Understanding Its Military Implications Payne Institute Communication Associate Gregory Wischer and Director Morgan Bazilian co-author an article about discerning when China is stockpiling – and why – is increasingly...

A Systems Engineering Approach to Decarbonizing Mining: Analyzing Electrification and CO2 Emission Reduction Scenarios for Copper Mining Haulage Systems 7/25/2024

A Systems Engineering Approach to Decarbonizing Mining: Analyzing Electrification and CO2 Emission Reduction Scenarios for Copper Mining Haulage Systems Payne Institute Faculty Fellow Dr. H. Sebnem Düzgün, student researcher Kemalcan Aydogdu and Evren Deniz Yaylaci...

Harris expected to campaign on Biden administration’s energy, climate record 7/22/2024

Harris expected to campaign on Biden administration’s energy, climate record Payne Institute Director Morgan Bazilian contributes to this article about how Vice President Kamala Harris will inherit the Biden administration’s record on energy and climate...

Financial Risk Management for Geological Storage 7/22/24

Financial Risk Management for Geological Storage Payne Institute Program Manager Brad Handler, Lindene E. Patton, student researchers Siddhant Kulkarni and Felix Ayaburi, and Darshil Shah write the third paper in a series of papers on the use of Carbon Capture and...

RADIOACTIVE 7/17/2024

Radioactive Payne Institute Faculty Fellow Ian Lange contributes to this article about how Energy Fuels Inc., a Denver company, is seeking to mine uranium near the Grand Canyon — and an Indigenous tribe’s long fight to stop it.  Prices for uranium rose enough for the...

BP Releases Energy Outlook 2024 7/17/2024

BP Releases Energy Outlook 2024 Our Payne Institute Earth Observation Group provided bp with historical data for natural gas flaring data taken from their VIIRS Nightfire (VNF) product.  The Energy Outlook report explores the speed and shape of the energy transition...