Creating Paths to Energy Resilience
The Resilient Energy Technology and Infrastructure (RETI) Consortium was created to innovate and implement critical technologies for industrial grid resilience and energy efficiency.
With funding through the National Science Foundation Regional Innovation Engines program, RETI will provide advanced, and economically viable solutions that will help shape the future of energy. Focusing on industrial-aligned innovation, RETI will lay the groundwork for resilient energy supply and the development of grid infrastructure that securely and reliably balances power supply and demand.
Projected Impact
Securing energy supply for industrial growth:
Translating this into an innovation ecosystem:
Resulting in regional Economic opportunity:
Impact
Securing energy supply for industrial growth:
Economic Impact
Translating this into an innovation ecosystem:
Startups Supported
Resulting in regional Economic opportunity:
Jobs
Grid Resilience
RETI strengthens electric grid resilience through digital twins, machine learning decision tools, and cyber-secure control systems, ensuring industrial reliability amid increasing demand. Innovations span from real-time analytics and adaptive algorithms to startup-driven deployment of high-speed grid modeling tools.
Process Modifications
RETI is advancing process intensification through novel catalysts and integrated reactor design, reducing energy use and physical footprint in chemical manufacturing. The portfolio includes AI-accelerated catalyst discovery and microwave-based conversion technologies that modernize traditional processes for enhanced efficiency.
New Feedstocks
Energy Management
The Power of Partnership
West Virginia University, University of Pittsburgh, and Carnegie Mellon University, together with over 50 regional and national partners, is driving forward a bold vision for energy security and resilience.
Our Region
Serving a historic epicenter of energy production.
Centered in the heart of Appalachia, RETI unites partners across research, workforce, capital, nonprofits, communities, and government, with a shared vision: building a vibrant innovation ecosystem that drives regional economic growth. West Virginia and western Pennsylvania (WV/wPA) are among the top energy-producing regions in the U.S. and have served as an industrial hub for generations. This existing infrastructure makes RETI’s region an ideal location to research, innovate, and deploy resilient energy and industrial energy-efficient technologies.
01 West Virginia University
02 University of Pittsburgh
03 Carnegie Mellon University
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