Securing Louisiana’s Energy Future
Serving the State of Louisiana
For decades, LSU has helped the people and government of Louisiana understand, adapt, and get the most value from changes in the energy industry through:
- Research, data, and policy analysis
- Industry and government partnerships
- Community engagement
Accelerating Energy Innovation
Energy is ever-evolving to meet worldwide demands. LSU’s Energy Institute leads the development of new energy technologies to:
- Support the economic well-being of everyone in Louisiana
- Unlock new opportunities for industry growth
- Attract top talent and investment
A Winning Team for Energy in Louisiana
The interdisciplinary LSU Energy Institute is designed to strengthen the university’s leadership—and resulting impact—in energy systems, natural resource management, and innovation. Its primary purpose is to serve the State of Louisiana and support LSU’s Scholarship First Agenda, which elevates energy as one of five core focus areas for research that are critical to the future of our state, nation, and world. The Energy Institute builds on the successes of LSU’s Institute for Energy Innovation, Center for Energy Studies, and the LSU-led FUEL team while assuming a leadership role in how the university engages with its partners—industry, communities, donors, and state and federal agencies—through energy research and service.
Celebrating the Success of FUEL
In 2024, LSU led a team to win the largest award in National Science Foundation history, $160 million, for Future Use of Energy in Louisiana, or FUEL. A consortium of more than 50 academic, industry, agency, and capital partners, FUEL is creating more jobs, developing solutions to energy challenges, and helping to train the world’s energy workforce.
Energy Research in Action
A collaborative team of researchers has won a first-of-its-kind grant from the National Science Foundation to bring 10 of the country’s most brilliant research students to LSU to pursue a Ph.D. and emerge as leaders in energy and environmental science.
Highly efficient electrolyzers developed at LSU can transform CO2 into the basic building blocks we need to make carbon-based products such as sunglasses, detergents, clothing, and food.
The team’s goal is to build a bigger user community around HPX, a software library developers can use to create faster, more powerful, and energy-efficient applications.
Powering Progress: LSU Drives Energy Discoveries
With a deep commitment to research and development, LSU has established itself as an energy leader, forging strategic partnerships with industry giants and academic institutions to accelerate the transition to a stronger energy future.
Transforming Ag Waste into Liquid Fuels
LSU recently secured $7 million in funding from the National Science Foundation to help farmers and energy companies transform sugarcane bagasse (and more) into highly valuable liquid fuels. Read more
Tiger Skid Protects Critical Energy Infrastructure
LSU is the 1st university in the nation to partner with CISA, DHS, and Idaho National Lab on a unique research and education model for cybersecurity for critical energy infrastructure. Read more
Driving Economic Development in Energy
LSU enabled the global innovation hub Newlab to move to Louisiana and invest $50 million to accelerate startups and technology development for energy efficiency, carbon management. Read more
From Lab to Life: We Bring the Energy
