Center for Energy Research

{{Short description|American research association}}

The Center for Energy Research (formerly known as Energy Center) is a research association for studying energy research, operated by University of California, San Diego.{{cite web|url=https://cer.ucsd.edu/|title=CER|website=cer.ucsd.edu}} The center was founded by Sol Penner on July 1, 1974, even though Sol Penner was already operating the research unit from Fall, 1972,{{cite web|url=https://cer.ucsd.edu/about/history.html|title=History|website=cer.ucsd.edu}}{{Cite web|url=https://lppfusion.com/uc-san-diego-center-energy-research-lppfusion-collaborate-fusion-energy-research/|title = UC San Diego Center for Energy Research, LPPFusion to Collaborate on Fusion Energy Research|date = 11 October 2017}} who also served as the director till 1990. The major research of the Center includes fusion energy, renewable energy, fuel cells, energy storage etc.{{Cite web|url=http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/pressrelease/uc_san_diegos_center_for_energy_research_shares_13.5m_grant_for_campus_nati|title = UC San Diego's Center for Energy Research Shares $13.5M Grant for Campus-National Lab Collaborations}}

The center has collaborations with various institutions and laboratories such as Los Alamos National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories, etc.{{cite web|url=https://cer.ucsd.edu/about/collaborations.html|title=Collaborations|website=cer.ucsd.edu}}