"The Energy Transition Lab (ETL) engages university and external experts to catalyze solutions to rapidly reduce carbon emissions and create Minnesota’s clean energy future. We aim to make Minnesota’s energy systems into a global model for developing a prosperous and equitable carbon-neutral economy that advances innovation and improves people’s lives and the environment."

"Meeting society’s grand challenges—infrastructure for future cities, climate change, sustainable energy transitions, governance of emerging and/or disruptive technologies, water and food security—requires innovative leadership and collaboration among academia, communities, government, businesses, and nonprofit organizations, anchored upon interdisciplinary and systems thinking rooted in real-world projects. "