Stanford, California—February 25, 2008—At a special five-year anniversary event, GCEP Director Franklin M. Orr Jr. will present highlights from the project in a lecture titled "GCEP—Research to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions." The talk will be followed by a discussion, led by a panel of distinguished experts in the area of energy research, on the future directions of GCEP. > More

Stanford, California—March 23, 2007—Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP) Director Franklin M. Orr Jr. has announced a record $15 million in awards for eight research programs and five one-year exploratory research efforts to be conducted at Stanford and a number of other institutions. > More

Stanford, California—October 23, 2006—Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP) Director Franklin Orr Jr. announced awards totaling $1.15 million for two novel research programs and two exploratory research efforts that have been initiated at Stanford and outside the university. The new research activities are in the areas of biomass, advanced coal utilization and integrated assessment of biofuels. The investigators are using the funds to conduct fundamental research in energy technologies aimed at greatly reducing greenhouse gas emissions. > More

Stanford, California—August 18, 2006—The Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP) will hold an energy research symposium Sept. 18-20 at the Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni Center. Researchers from Stanford and around the world will discuss developments that may spur energy technologies with significantly reduced greenhouse gas emissions. > More

Stanford, California—March 7, 2006—Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP) Director Franklin M. Orr Jr. announced several new research programs and two one-year exploratory research efforts totaling close to $8 million at Stanford and outside the university. The new research activities will focus on solar energy, biohydrogen generation, advanced combustion, and geologic storage of carbon dioxide. > More

Stanford, California—August 11, 2005—Franklin M. Orr Jr., director of the Stanford University Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP), announced that five new research grants totaling more than $11 million have been awarded to Stanford faculty and collaborating researchers at other institutions in the United States and overseas. > More

Stanford, California—May 25, 2005—The Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP) will hold its first energy research symposium June 13-16 at the Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni Center. > More

Stanford, California—Feb. 10, 2005—Franklin M. Orr, Jr., director of the Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP), today announced seven new research grants totaling approximately $9 million to Stanford faculty and collaborating researchers at several U.S. and international institutions. > More

Stanford, California—Nov. 18, 2003—GCEP has awarded four projects a total of $5.1 million to research the use of hydrogen as an energy carrier. Stanford faculty from a range of disciplines will lead the individual research efforts, and the projects will be funded over a three-year period beginning January 2004. > More

ExxonMobil, GE, Schlumberger, other private industry leaders to fund university's Global Climate and Energy Project

Stanford, California—Nov. 20, 2002—Stanford University today unveiled an unprecedented approach to addressing one of the world's most challenging energy and environmental issues. > More