Infrastructure

As power grids rely more on renewable energy sources like wind and solar, balancing energy supply and demand becomes more challenging. A new analysis shows how water systems, such as desalination plants and wastewater treatment facilities, could help enhance grid stability and create new revenue streams.

Stanford-led research shows methane emissions from a large share of U.S. oil and gas facilities are three times higher on average than the level predicted by official government estimates.

Professor Barton “Buzz” Thompson discusses his most recent book where he proposes various strategies for solving the United States’ freshwater crisis and argues that government and water authorities can’t do it alone.

A Stanford expert discusses how thinking on smaller scales about water treatment and reuse could help meet the challenges of water scarcity.

"Life has taken me on a long journey. My family fled Somalia and ended up in a refugee camp in Mombasa, Kenya, where we spent four years. I was born there, and two years later we were granted asylum and came to the States."