Sustainable Power and Energy Center at UC San Diego

The Sustainable Power and Energy Center at UC San Diego has been named one of seven "frontiers of innovation" programs by the campus. One of the big goals of this project is to support multidisciplinary projects that will yield benefits for society.

 Sustainable Power and Energy Center

Led by
Shirley Meng, NanoEngineering professor at UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering

Oleg Shpyrko, Physics professor at UC San Diego

The Sustainable Power and Energy Center is a multidisciplinary initiative dedicated to advancing the frontiers of energy technologies, focusing primarily on forward-looking renewable-energy conversion, storage, and power integration. 

Center goals:

* make UC San Diego a global leader in renewable energy research and integration

* promote interdisciplinary energy research, education and training programs

* expedite lab-to-market transitions and support local and California clean-tech industries