Clean energy

How UC Berkeley is improving the affordability of hydrogen fuel

November 25, 2025
By Robert Sanders | UC Berkeley News
Producing hydrogen to fuel heavy transport and industry is energy intensive and expensive. Shannon Boettcher has overcome one roadblock to producing low-cost, green hydrogen from water and electricity.

Omar M. Yaghi to receive 2025 Von Hippel Award, the Materials Research Society’s highest honor

September 30, 2025
Press Release courtesy of the Materials Research Society (MRS)
Yaghi is being honored for pioneering the design and synthesis of metal-organic frameworks and covalent organic frameworks, enabling advances in gas storage, carbon capture, and water harvesting from air.

Scientists develop artificial leaf that uses sunlight to produce valuable chemicals

April 24, 2025
by Ashleigh Papp | Berkeley Lab
Decades of research leads to self-contained solar panels that convert carbon dioxide into C2 products.

Berkeley’s ecosystem of innovation, entrepreneurship combats climate change

May 16, 2024
Ivan Natividad, Elizabeth Costello | Berkeley News
UC Berkeley faculty are fast-tracking the development of new and creative climate solutions.

A big step toward ‘green’ ammonia and a ‘greener’ fertilizer

January 17, 2023
By Robert Sanders, UC Berkeley Media relations
University of California, Berkeley, chemists have taken a big step toward making ammonia production more environmentally friendly: a “greener” ammonia for “greener” fertilizer.

Peidong Yang and Coca-Cola Europacific Partners announce research partnership

August 19, 2022
University of California Berkeley and Coca-Cola Europacific Partners
In a new partnership, The Peidong Yang research group will work with Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) to develop technology that will convert air into sugar.

Omar Yaghi wins prestigious Tang Prize for Sustainable Development

June 18, 2024
By Rachel Leven | Berkeley Computing, Data Science, and Society
Yaghi wins in recognition of his groundbreaking efforts founding and advancing the field of reticular chemistry.

Scientists advance affordable, sustainable solution for flat-panel displays and wearable tech

January 22, 2024
Theresa Duque | Berkeley Lab
Peidong Yang and colleagues develop new 3D-printable materials that could enable a cheaper manufacturing processes for next-gen OLED televisions, smartphones, and other devices.

Hydrogen Can Play Key Role in U.S. Decarbonization

October 11, 2021
Kiran Julin | Berkeley Lab

Hydrogen article illustration

Berkeley Lab scientists (l to r) Adam Weber and Ahmet Kusoglu (Photo: Berkeley Lab)

Earlier this summer, Energy Secretary Jennifer M. Granholm launched the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Energy Earthshots Initiative, and the first Energy...