our mission
Meeting goals for renewable energy in ways that are beneficial to people, ecosystems, and the species on which our resilience depends.
The Wild Energy Center facilitates premier scientific research, education, and outreach on interactions between energy development and Earth’s systems.
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Wild seeds for ground-mounted solar arrays
In partnership with the Sacramento Municipal Utilities District and the Electric Power Research Institute, Wild Energy affiliate scientist, Yudi Li, is seeding the future of solar energy. Li envisions a new landscape supporting flowers and power. This is the Restorative Energy Project.
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Pond Power
Solar energy is being deployed on water bodies across the globe. We study characteristics above and below the water to reveal how the presence of floating photovoltaic solar energy infrastructure can alter water properties in ways that may benefit humans and wildlife.
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why this work matters
Clean energy shouldn’t carry a huge ecological cost
Earth now faces a “twin crisis” that threatens all of its inhabitants: climate change and biodiversity loss. Energy and similar extractive economies have led us here. Wild Energy scientists are reinventing Earth’s relationship with energy.
We identify solutions and development options to achieve an energy future characterized by sustainability and justice. We include all voices at the interface of environment and society, including native and indigenous communities, government agencies, nonprofit organizations, industry leaders, and more.