More than 70 people convened at Duke University and virtually to highlight successes, challenges and opportunities across research, industry and policy on regional electric mobility in the Southeast during the April 2025 Southeast Electric Transportation Regional Initiative (SETRI) meeting. The event was hosted by the Nicholas Institute and Georgia Tech Strategic Energy Institute, in collaboration with SETRI partner organizations.

Federal funding for clean energy projects faces an uncertain future, potentially upending workforce training programs at many community colleges, writes Work Shift. A federal electric vehicle infrastructure program, which earmarked up to $1 billion for Southeastern states and was highlighted in a report authored by Nicholas Institute expert Trey Gowdy, is among those paused by an executive order calling for a 90-day review to ensure that clean energy projects are aligned with the Trump administration’s energy policy.

The Energy Data Analytics Lab is helping strengthen Climate TRACE, a non-profit coalition that provides the world’s largest inventory of greenhouse gas emissions.

The organizers of the Southeast Electric Transportation Regional Initiative (SETRI) April 2025 Meeting at Duke University (April 3, 2025) invite university students, researchers, and energy professionals to submit abstracts for a poster session. Submit poster abstracts (less than 300 words) by Thursday, February 27 at 4 p.m. Eastern.

If all new car sales in the U.S. right now were electric vehicles, it could still take decades to fully transition to EVs. We should use that time effectively to plan accordingly and fully realize the benefits of the technology, writes Nicholas Institute research lead Trey Gowdy in an op-ed in Utility Dive.

The City of Raleigh is working to electrify about 2,500 vehicles in its fleet—as well as equipment like lawnmowers and bucket trucks—within the next decade. With transportation now the largest contributor to greenhouse gas emissions in the United States, Trey Gowdy, research lead at the Nicholas Institute, talked to ABC11 News about the broader landscape of transportation electrification in the Southeast.

A World Resources Institute article cites research from Trey Gowdy on electric vehicle workforce development and training programs. The article highlights one of the March 2024 report's main takeaways: public-private partnerships are key to establishing a robust worker pipeline.

This summer, students in Duke University’s Climate+ program used data science techniques to research climate challenges and potential solutions. They studied topics like saltwater intrusion, energy materials, rainfall predictions and links between climate and health. More than 30 students participated on eight project teams.

More than 70 representatives from government agencies, automakers, utilities, universities, nongovernmental organizations and more met in Atlanta and virtually in June to share project updates and challenges about electric mobility in the Southeast. The gathering was the first in-person meeting of the Southeast Electric Transportation Regional Initiative.

Published July 17, 2024 by the Electrification Coalition, this guide is a resource for rural Southeast communities that are beginning or continuing their journeys toward widespread adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) and complements the 2022 report, Electric Vehicles in Rural Communities.

A new Nicholas Institute report, co-authored by Duke University graduate student Nicholas Sommer and Nicholas Institute expert Trey Gowdy, analyzes growth patterns of electric vehicle charging infrastructure in a dozen Southeastern states during 2023.

The 2023 Energy Data Analytics Symposium brought together more than 100 participants from academia, industry, government and nongovernmental organizations at Duke University in October 2023 to explore how artificial intelligence and other data science tools can help make energy systems more accessible, affordable, reliable and environmentally sustainable.

The National Association of State Energy Officials, The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, and the Nicholas Institute recently released a report reviewing Southeast transportation electrification workforce development training programs. In this webinar, Nicholas Institute research lead Trey Gowdy presented the major findings.

In March 2024, NASEO, AASHTO, and Duke University’s Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment, and Sustainability released a report “Building an EV Workforce: A Review of Southeast Transportation Electrification Development Training Programs.” This webinar discusses the major findings from this report and the overall transportation electrification workforce trends in the Southeast.

Supporting electric vehicle manufacturing, repair and infrastructure is increasingly important as EVs make up an ever-greater percentage of on-road vehicles. Nicholas Institute research lead Trey Gowdy, in collaboration with the National Association of State Energy Officials and the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, wrote a new report that provides an essential inventory of workforce development and training programs directly related to transportation electrification in the Southeast.