News

August 25, 2026

Stanford plasma torch fuses cement building blocks in seconds at 80% efficiency

TechTimes

https://www.techtimes.com/articles/325557/20260825/stanford-plasma-torch-fuses-cement-clinkers-seconds-80-efficiency.htm
August 24, 2026

California rethinks its nuclear exit as electricity demand surges

KQED

https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101914993/why-california-is-rethinking-its-nuclear-exit
August 24, 2026

Russia’s gasoline imports hit record high (video)

BBC

https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7497611555304542208/
August 19, 2026

Inside the race to prepare cities for extreme heat

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

https://sustainability.stanford.edu/news/inside-race-prepare-cities-extreme-heat
August 18, 2026

High construction costs threaten America's energy affordability (video)

Hoover Institution

https://www.hoover.org/research/ensuring-affordable-energy-21st-century
August 18, 2026

TomKat Center funds six doctoral students advancing energy and sustainability solutions

TomKat Center for Sustainable Energy

https://tomkat.stanford.edu/news/2026-tomkat-graduate-fellowships-awarded-across-six-departments
August 17, 2026

Could small modular nuclear reactors power a whole port? Stanford’s Diana Gragg breaks it down.

Orange County Register

https://www.ocregister.com/2026/08/17/port-of-long-beach-could-bring-nuclear-power-to-california-for-first-time-in-50-years/
August 14, 2026

Solar Car Project races across America

Stanford Report

https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2026/08/solar-car-project-road-race
August 13, 2026

Climate innovators harness market power (opinion)

Hoover Institution

https://www.hoover.org/research/climate-innovators-harness-market-power
August 13, 2026

Copper's surprising melting behavior at extreme temperatures

SLAC

https://www6.slac.stanford.edu/news/2026-08-13-slac-researchers-uncover-coppers-surprising-melting-behavior-extreme-temperatures
August 11, 2026

Precourt Institute funds 52 projects for sustainable energy research

Precourt Institute
August 03, 2026

For AI to drive science discoveries, highly reproducible data is key

SLAC

https://www6.slac.stanford.edu/news/2026-08-03-ai-drive-science-discoveries-highly-reproducible-data-key
July 31, 2026

Africa's off-grid solar sector receives $50M green bond in landmark deal from Stanford grad-founded d.light

AP News

https://apnews.com/article/grid-solar-renewable-energy-finance-king-3c32d55f597a397261f2fb56435cb085
July 30, 2026

Inês Azevedo named director of the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment

Woods Institute for the Environment

https://woods.stanford.edu/news/ines-azevedo-named-new-director-stanford-woods-institute-environment
July 29, 2026

Rethinking utility wildfire risk in California

Climate & Energy Policy Program

https://cepp.substack.com/p/rethinking-utility-wildfire-risk
July 28, 2026

Reimagining how energy infrastructure gets built

Stanford GSB

https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/experience/news-history/emily-tench-mba-25-reimagining-how-energy-infrastructure-gets-built
July 22, 2026

What you need to know about liquefied natural gas (LNG)

Understand Energy Learning Hub

https://understand-energy.stanford.edu/news/understand-liquefied-natural-gas-lng
July 22, 2026

AI project to recover critical metals from lithium-ion battery waste

SLAC

https://www6.slac.stanford.edu/news/2026-07-22-slac-lead-genesis-mission-ai-project-recover-critical-metals-lithium-ion-battery?utm_source=SLAC+Breaking+News&utm_campaign=ced6aa38a5-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_07_21_08_14&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-ced6aa38a5-434375255
July 20, 2026

Charting America's energy technology future

Hoover Institution

https://www.hoover.org/research/charting-americas-energy-technology-future
July 16, 2026

Stanford Sustainability Forum in 90 seconds

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

https://youtu.be/5wQBjvAiros?si=kmc8sl9SZwVBlUW_
July 16, 2026

What's the emergency? (analysis)

Bill Lane Center for the American West

https://andthewest.stanford.edu/2026/whats-the-energy-emergency-to-an-administration-keen-on-fossil-fuels-it-may-be-the-threat-of-alternatives/
July 15, 2026

Energy security in a dangerous world (video)

Hoover Institution

https://www.hoover.org/research/energy-security-dangerous-world
July 14, 2026

Winning the economic competition with China: energy, AI, and economic security (video)

Hoover Institution

https://www.hoover.org/research/winning-economic-competition-china-working-families-ai-race-and-energy
July 09, 2026

MIP graduate heads to nuclear energy startup after Stanford

Freeman Spogli Institute

https://fsi.stanford.edu/news/mip-student-feature-yukiko-ueda