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POWER TRANSFORMATION LAB

Engineering and institutions for a cleaner grid

The Power Transformation Lab at the University of California, San Diego studies the engineering and institutional requirements of deploying low-carbon energy at scale. We work across multiple geographies and with academic, government, civil society, and industry partners to advance research and solutions to climate and environmental challenges.

China’s Solar Industry Is in Upheaval—The Effects Will Be Global

Resource adequacy under institutional constraints and the low-carbon energy transition in China

Physics-Informed Unit Commitment Framework for Nuclear Reactors

New Reports on Southeast Asia's Low-Carbon Energy Future

2025 Workshop on Low-Carbon Transitions in Chinese State-Owned Enterprises: Key Take-Aways

Securing US-China Engagements on Clean Energy Technology

Key Takeaways from San Diego Workshop on Climate and U.S.-China Relations

Student Web Developers — Web Designer + Frontend/Backend (RE-Pathway Website)

Job Opening: Postdoctoral Research Scholar: Accelerating Asia's Decarbonization Through Trade and Investment Policies

Reaching carbon neutrality in China: Temporal and subnational limitations of renewable energy scale-up

Advancing Low-Carbon Industry Transition: Decarbonizing Industrial Captive Generation in Indonesia

Seeking Multiple Undergraduate Research Assistants (Fall 2025)

Critical Mineral Bottlenecks Constrain Sub-Technology Choices in Low-Carbon Energy Deployment

India-China Clean Energy Trade White Paper

What an ‘ambitious’ 2035 electricity target looks like for China

A quantitative imaging framework for lithium morphology: Linking deposition uniformity to cycle stability in lithium metal batteries

Ratcheting up wind and solar targets for decarbonizing the power sector in China and beyond

Coordinating power sector climate transitions under policy uncertainty

U.S.-China Clean Energy Race: Accelerating Innovation, Manufacturing and Adoption

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Our Team

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OPPORTUNITIES AT POWER TRANSFORMATION LAB

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