President Tate's Scholarship First Agenda
Energy
Opportunity
LSU is uniquely positioned to partner with industry to find new ways to fuel our nation. By building a research platform for energy resilience, aimed at reducing carbon emissions and reusing and recycling carbon, we will translate existing resources and expertise into new opportunities and jobs to power Louisiana and protect the vitality of Louisiana’s energy industry. Our researchers are working toward cleaner, safer, and more sustainable energy production and use, including more efficient oil and gas recovery that is better for the environment. We can serve as a national model for energy-related collaboration at the intersection of science and engineering through carbon capture, reuse, and storage. LSU will play a pivotal role in meeting our nation’s future energy needs.
Importance
Louisiana’s considerable natural resources are facing serious challenges that put the state’s and nation's energy resilience at risk. Energy is central to Louisiana’s economy, and Louisiana is central to the nation’s energy supply. Through innovation and discovery, LSU will help Louisiana fuel our future.
Vision
LSU is uniquely positioned to pioneer the path forward to protect and preserve our state’s energy economy. We will:
- Build a collaborative research platform for resilience within Louisiana’s energy industry
- Create a national energy hub focused on safe and sustained energy sources
- Partner with industry to cultivate and prepare talent for the evolution of energy-related jobs in Louisiana for the next 50 years and beyond
Impact
Energy Innovation in Action
Through the Scholarship First Agenda, LSU seeks to secure Louisiana’s future and create solutions essential to the future of agriculture, biomedicine, the coast, defense, and energy.
LSU welcomed Geraldine (Geri) Richmond, the Under Secretary for Science and Innovation at the Department of Energy, to campus on Feb. 28, where she visited with President William F. Tate IV and toured LSU facilities and labs devoted to energy studies.
LSU Researchers Design ‘Digital Twins’ of Solar-Farm Infrastructure to Explore Effects on Ecosystems
SU researchers are using physics-based "digital twins" of solar-farming infrastructure to assess and minimize its effects on Louisiana ecosystems, funded by a nearly $500,000 experimental grant from LSU’s Institute for Energy Innovation.
Explore All Five Priorities
LSU has aligned core areas of strength and potential strength with Louisiana’s most important challenges and opportunities.