Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment

Explore the Andlinger Center's 2024-2025 Annual Report

Explore the Andlinger Center's 2024-2025 Annual Report

This year’s report introduces the center's focused research initiatives – themes that leverage the unique interdisciplinary expertise of Princeton faculty and offer potential avenues for fundamental and applied research.

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Dirty water boosts prospects for clean hydrogen

Dirty water boosts prospects for clean hydrogen

Wastewater can replace clean water as a source for hydrogen production, eliminating a major drawback to hydrogen fuel and reducing water treatment costs by up to 47%, according to new research from Princeton Engineering.

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New materials make high-performance membranes the filters of the future

New materials make high-performance membranes the filters of the future

Princeton researchers demonstrate the potential of MXenes, a class of water-loving, single-layer materials with high electrical conductivity, for separating ions and compounds from complex solutions.

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EPA regulations cut power sector emissions but miss opportunities for deeper reductions

EPA regulations cut power sector emissions but miss opportunities for deeper reductions

Regulations finalized by the Environmental Protection Agency in 2024 could cut emissions from fossil fuel power generators but leave additional cost-effective emissions reductions on the table, according to new Princeton research.

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KAIST and the Andlinger Center at Princeton University Announce Net-Zero Korea Study to Accelerate Korea’s Energy Transition

KAIST and the Andlinger Center at Princeton University Announce Net-Zero Korea Study to Accelerate Korea’s Energy Transition

Net-Zero Korea will increase Korean capacity for energy-system transition modeling through collaboration between the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology and the Andlinger Center.

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From research to real-world, Princeton startup tackles soaring demand for lithium and other critical minerals

From research to real-world, Princeton startup tackles soaring demand for lithium and other critical minerals

Based on research conducted at Princeton, a new startup is upending decades-old approaches for the way the world extracts lithium and other materials.

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Perspective: Making the clean energy transition a win-win for climate and health

Perspective: Making the clean energy transition a win-win for climate and health

In a Q&A, Wei Peng and members of her group synthesize their decade-long work to model the air pollution and health impacts of the clean energy transition.

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Experts tout clean energy pragmatism at Andlinger Center retreat

Experts tout clean energy pragmatism at Andlinger Center retreat

At the Andlinger Center's twelfth annual E-ffiliates Retreat, experts emphasized pragmatic and implementation-focused clean energy solutions.

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Helping energy systems weather the storm

Helping energy systems weather the storm

Princeton engineers used Hurricane Fiona data to model blackout risks and boost Puerto Rico’s grid resilience amid rising climate and renewable energy challenges.

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2025 Maeder Fellows tackle grid planning under deep uncertainty and energy-efficient power delivery

2025 Maeder Fellows tackle grid planning under deep uncertainty and energy-efficient power delivery

In support of its mission to train the next generation of energy leaders, the Andlinger Center has selected two graduate students — Gabe Mantegna and Shukai Wang — as Maeder Graduate Fellows for the 2025-2026 academic year.

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Collaboration can unlock Australia’s energy transition without sacrificing natural capital

Collaboration can unlock Australia’s energy transition without sacrificing natural capital

New research demonstrates that Australia can fully decarbonize its domestic and energy export economies by 2060 while avoiding harm to important areas for biodiversity outcomes, safeguarding agricultural activities, and respecting Indigenous land rights.

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On Class Day, Andlinger Center celebrates graduates, awards thesis prize for work on bioenergy in Brazil

On Class Day, Andlinger Center celebrates graduates, awards thesis prize for work on bioenergy in Brazil

The Andlinger Center honored 11 graduating seniors for their achievements in energy and the environment at its Class Day ceremony on May 26.

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Ashley Holmes: Securing a clean and resilient water supply

Ashley Holmes: Securing a clean and resilient water supply

Through an Andlinger Center internship, Ashley Holmes worked with Moonshot Missions to help improve the resiliency and services of wastewater utilities.

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Leading the charge to better batteries

Leading the charge to better batteries

In a series of papers, a Princeton research group has revealed fundamental insights into anode-free solid-state batteries, paving the way for efforts to improve their manufacturability.

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Learn about our mission

Learn about our mission

The Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University is a multidisciplinary research and education center, whose singular mission is to develop technologies and solutions to better our energy and environmental future.

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Collaborate with us on research

Collaborate with us on research

From the next generation of solar photovoltaics to fuels generated using artificial photosynthesis, the researchers at the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment are working on many promising technologies and solutions that will pave the way for a world less reliant on fossil fuels.

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Explore our education programs

Explore our education programs

Through courses, certificate programs, and lectures, students are able to learn about sustainable energy technologies, renewable energy sources, and their complex, intertwining connections to policies, economics, and human behavior. And there are many opportunities for hands-on learning through field work and classes where students can fabricate and investigate materials and devices.

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Join our team

Join our team

The Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment fosters a vibrant atmosphere where deep collaboration, engagement, passion, and curiosity among faculty, researchers, students, and staff are highly valued. The Andlinger Center is continuously looking for talented and dedicated individuals who want to join our team and help fulfill the center’s mission: to provide clean energy for a rapidly growing world population while preserving our natural resources.

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