Energy & Environment

Energy powers our modern way of life, and AUI is working to make the energy supply chain more sustainable. While the global demand for minerals required for manufacturing green energy technologies increases, persistent challenges related to emissions, pollution and water use during materials extraction and processing remain. AUI is pursuing a national-scale mining institute to develop technological solutions, needed infrastructure and workforce development programs for greening the materials supply chain.

AUI created the user facility model at Brookhaven National Laboratory in 1946, enabling the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the scientific community to share access to facilities and technological tools too large and expensive for any one institution to possess. Under fifty years of AUI’s stewardship, accelerators were created, our fundamental understanding of physics was shaped and nuclear medicine was born. With this heritage, AUI is pursuing new and exciting energy projects to address the upstream carbon footprint of materials extraction needed to manufacture clean technologies.

Partner With Us

AUI is seeking investments and contributions from industry, government and academia to address supply chain issues through the AUI Center for Greening the Supply Chain (CGSC). We are collaborating to improve the environment by cleaning the upstream supply chain of critical materials needed to empower green technologies. Each CGSC member has a role in building a greener future by exploring new technologies, enhancing sustainable practices and developing the workforce of the future. Members have access to state-of-the-art research facilities, intellectual property, pilot plants, scale-up facilities, training facilities and mobile prototype units. To join AUI in these efforts, please contact us at [email protected].