Hosted by Carnegie Mellon University's Wilton E. Scott Institute for Energy Innovation, CMU Energy Week's series of forums, panel discussions, and special events are designed to engage industry, students, faculty, staff, government officials, innovators in technology, and the public on the future of energy research, policy, and education. We invite you to learn about our previous conference agendas, talks, and sponsors, and view photos and videos at the links below.
Energy Week 2026: Reinventing the U.S. power grid
527
Total attendees
253 industry, government, startup, investor, non-profit, and community attendees
45
Speakers & panelists
28 hours of programming
$600K
In seed grants and entrepreneurship awards
Supporting over a dozen projects
90
Student posters and research presentations
7 CMU colleges represented
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- Pittsburgh Business Times: Westinghouse CTO details nuclear reactor expansion at CMU
Energy Week 2025: AI and energy
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- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: How Pennsylvania is imagining what our energy future could look like
- Pittsburgh Business Times: CMU's Energy Week tackles balancing sustainability goals with AI
- Blue Sky News: CMU Energy Week expands on Pittsburgh's expertise in AI and energy
Energy Week 2024: Decarbonizing transportation
Energy Week 2023: Decarbonizing the industrial sector
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- Pittsburgh Business Times: Hydrogen hub, carbon projects face internal, external hurdles
- Pittsburgh Business Times: U.S. Steel, Shell outline commercial challenges to decarbonization
- NETL Director Brian Anderson addresses decarbonization and IWG progress at CMU Energy Week