{"679051":{"#nid":"679051","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Joins EPICS Center to Drive Innovation in Clean Energy and Grid Transformation","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech is contributing to the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/energyinstitute.jhu.edu\/epics\/\u0022\u003EElectric Power Innovation for a Carbon-free Society\u003C\/a\u003E (EPICS) Center, a new NSF Global Center focused on addressing climate change and advancing clean energy solutions. Led by Johns Hopkins University, EPICS collaborates with institutions including Imperial College London, the University of California-Davis, the University of Strathclyde, the University of Edinburgh, the University of Melbourne, and Resources for the Future to develop the tools and strategies necessary for a transition to 100% renewable power grids.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs part of the global academic team, Georgia Tech is contributing its expertise in systems engineering, optimization, and energy systems integration.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sites.gatech.edu\/pascal-van-hentenryck\/#:~:text=Pascal%20Van%20Hentenryck%20is%20the,AI%20hub%20at%20Georgia%20Tech.\u0022\u003EPascal Van Hentenryck\u003C\/a\u003E, the A. Russell Chandler III Chair and Professor at Georgia Tech., the director of the NSF Artificial Intelligence Institute for Advances in Optimization (AI4OPT), and the director of Tech-AI, the AI hub at Georgia Tech, is bringing his expertise to the project, ensuring that the university\u0027s research will help shape the future of clean energy.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe EPICS Center\u0027s mission is to \u003Cem\u003Edevelop computing, economic, engineering, and policy methods to enable the reliable operation of power grids powered by renewable resources such as wind, solar, and energy storage\u003C\/em\u003E. By addressing critical challenges like integrating large-scale inverters into the grid, the EPICS Center is advancing strategies for building a net-zero power grid that could serve as a model for global clean energy transformation.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech, as a key partner in the Electric Power Innovation for a Carbon-free Society (EPICS) Center, is contributing to the global effort to develop 100% renewable power grids and accelerate the clean energy transition.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech, as a key partner in the Electric Power Innovation for a Carbon-free Society (EPICS) Center, is contributing to the global effort to develop 100% renewable power grids and accelerate the clean energy transition."}],"uid":"36348","created_gmt":"2025-01-01 20:28:18","changed_gmt":"2025-07-10 15:08:21","author":"Breon Martin","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2025-01-02T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2025-01-02T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"675919":{"id":"675919","type":"image","title":"Energy Getty Image.jpg","body":null,"created":"1735763383","gmt_created":"2025-01-01 20:29:43","changed":"1735763383","gmt_changed":"2025-01-01 20:29:43","alt":"Energy Getty Image","file":{"fid":"259598","name":"GettyImages-1995638282.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/01\/01\/GettyImages-1995638282.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/01\/01\/GettyImages-1995638282.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1777840,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2025\/01\/01\/GettyImages-1995638282.jpg?itok=P7UzwTKL"}}},"media_ids":["675919"],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"},{"id":"660368","name":"Tech AI (Artificial Intelligence)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"479","name":"Green Buzz"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}