Tomorrow's
Solutions Today

UH's Energy and Innovation Division shapes a sustainable future, elevating its status as Houston's premier public research university.

The Future of the Electric Grid in Texas

Texas is facing an electricity consumption surge—up to 360% by 2035—fueled by data centers, EV infrastructure, and industrial growth. Aging transmission lines, gas supply constraints, and regulatory delays threaten grid stability. “The Future of the Electric Grid in Texas” explores how urgent investment and smart policy can keep the lights on and the economy humming.

Download White Paper

Latest News

More News

May 9, 2025

Powering Texas’ Digital Economy: Data Centers and the Future of the Grid

ERCOT’s recent projections show steep increases in electricity demand in the next few years, much of it driven by the rise of data centers. HARC, in partnership with the University of Houston, explored how data centers are evolving across Texas and what this means for the grid’s future.

May 7, 2025

Macaw UAS Founder Alexandra Ulinski Pursues Strategic Partnerships and Prototype Development Following Innov8Hub Recognition

Macaw UAS founder Alexandra Ulinski is advancing prototype development and pursuing strategic partnerships following her second-place finish at UH’s Fall 2024 Innov8Hub Pitch Day. The story highlights her work on a modular drone platform for air quality monitoring and its potential applications across research, emergency response, and industry.

May 7, 2025

Bridging Science and Sustainability: UH Ph.D. Student’s Mission to Redefine Waste

Sarah Hlaihel, a civil engineering Ph.D. student at the University of Houston, is turning industrial waste into sustainable solutions. From Lebanon to France to Houston, her global academic journey is driven by a passion for environmental responsibility and inspired by her grandmother’s dream. Now a UH-Chevron Energy Graduate Fellow, Hlaihel is advancing carbon capture and low-impact construction technologies, while preparing to bridge the worlds of industry and academia.

Excellence in Technology

Technology Bridge is Houston’s premier innovation park for technology commercialization, industrial partnerships and startup development. Through unmatched access to some of the world’s brightest minds as well as the hundreds of ideas and discoveries made here, UH is firmly at the heart of Houston’s innovation ecosystem.

The innovation hub features large, open collaboration spaces

Read the featured story

Start Me Up

Innovation and New Business Incubation at the University of Houston's Technology Bridge is on a Roll

HOUSTON’S INNOVATION EPICENTER

In a move central to the University of Houston’s ethos, strategic priorities and vision as a top 50 public research institution UH will launch an Innovation Hub in the center of campus, becoming the city’s epicenter for a thriving innovation ecosystem.

The University of Houston will construct a new hub for innovation on its main campus. The building is planned to be adjacent to the M.D. Anderson Library.

Ramanan Krishnamoorti
Vice President of Energy and Innovation

A More Sustainable Future

As the innovation engine of the economic dynamo of the southern US, the University of Houston recognizes that society is on the cusp of a more sustainable future. Through the cutting-edge training, education, research, entrepreneurship and innovation that takes place here, the Division of Energy and Innovation ensures UH’s place as the leading public research university in Houston.