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IBM, Sustainable Energy Authority Ireland Team Up on Renewable Energy Project
Oct 31st
IBM, Sustainable Energy Authority Ireland team up on renewable energy project
IBM and The Sustainable Energy Authority Ireland have teamed up to understand and minimize the environmental impact of converting wave energy into electricity. The partners are working on a project to utilize real-time streaming analytics for monitoring underwater noise generated by wave energy conversion devices.
The project represents a significant step toward the ability to successfully and sustainably utilizes the ocean as a new renewable energy resource. The system will consist of sensing platforms, a communications infrastructure, and advanced stream analytics that utilize cloud computing. The first test site, located in Galway Bay, has been part of the SmartBay collaboration involving IBM Research and the Marine Institute Ireland to monitor wave conditions, acoustics, marine life and pollution levels in and around the bay. Development of a full scale, grid connected test site on the west coast of Ireland near Belmullet, County Mayo, is underway.
The system will produce one of the largest continuous collections of underwater acoustic data ever captured. The data will be made available to marine researchers and regulatory agencies to further advance knowledge of natural and man-made underwater sound, and help develop standards and reporting, benefiting marine environmental agencies as well as industries including renewable energy, shipping, and offshore oil and gas.
AVEC acquires new solar related patent rights for solar systems
AVEC Corp. has acquired marketing rights to solar industry patents that complement its portfolio and completes the ability to turn key its products in the heart of the world solar belt, which is centered in the GCC Countries. The GCC region’s countries include Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates.
AVEC will concentrate its manufacturing and marketing to this region, where solar products and systems with its efficiency are able to produce profits and consumer benefits without the need for Government subsidies. Countries of the GCC offer direct low cost manufacturing investment currently superior to any other region of the world and therefore will provide a new manufacturing base of “non hydrocarbon products” which are exportable as well to many regions including Asia and Africa.
DMIS partners with SunRun to provide homeowners with low-cost solar
Demand Management Installation Services has signed a contact with SunRun. Under the new agreement, DMIS will help ideal candidates for zero or low-cost solar make the switch to solar power service from SunRun.
DMIS and its affiliates conduct 25,000 in-home energy consultations annually, working with homeowners who want to save money through efficient energy use. The new partnership with SunRun adds one more significant option to DMIS’ offerings.
ECOtality installs first DC Fast Charger in Tennessee
ECOtality has unveiled the first Blink Direct Current Fast Charger in Tennessee at the Lebanon Cracker Barrel location as a part of The EV Project. The station is able to charge a battery to 80% capacity in under 30 minutes.
The Tennessee Triangle, a 425-mile stretch of interstate highway connecting Nashville, Knoxville and Chattanooga, is the ideal location for Cracker Barrel’s 12 DC Fast Chargers, which are well suited for high-traffic commercial locations and major transportation corridors. In addition to the fast chargers, Cracker Barrel stores will also be equipped with Blink Pedestal chargers that EV drivers may use to “top off” while shopping and dining.
How Government Contracts Have Jump Started This Thin Film Solar Cell Maker
Oct 26th
Dr. Ashok Sood, President & CEO of Magnolia Solar, discusses his company’s plan to grow his thin film solar cell business by securing government contracts.
All-Electric School Bus Unveiled By Smith Electric Vehicles
Oct 26th
All-Electric School Bus Unveiled By Smith Electric Vehicles
Smith Electric Vehicles has unveiled the nation’s first all-electric, zero-emission Newton eTrans. The vehicle debuted at the National Association for Pupil Transportation’s Annual Summit in Cincinnati, Ohio.
The 42-passenger Newton eTrans travels up to 120 miles on a single charge at speeds of up to 50 mph, ideal for the fixed routes in urban areas most school buses take each day. Also, the bus utilizes Smith Power, using the latest in lithium ion battery technology and regenerative braking technology that will transfer energy from the brakes to the batteries when the vehicle is in operation.
The Newton eTrans is available for order and will be shipped in early 2012.
Sunvalley Solar wins contract to install 39-kW solar system in California
Sunvalley Solar Inc. has signed a 39-kW commercial solar installation contract for a company in Valencia, California. Construction on the project is expected to begin late 2011. The solar power system uses high efficiency solar panels from CEEG (Shanghai) Solar Science and Technology and a solar inverter from PV Powered. The contract is supported by solar incentive rebates from the local utility company and from Federal Tax Cash Grants from the Federal Treasury Department.
GDF SUEZ Energy Resources donating renewable energy certificates to New England Aquarium
GDF SUEZ Energy Resources NA will donate Renewable Energy Certificates to match 100% of the New England Aquarium’s estimated annual electricity usage. The Green-e Certified RECs will displace the estimated annual greenhouse gas emissions of 1,083 passenger vehicles; 1,924 tons of waste diverted from landfills; and the carbon dioxide emissions from the total energy usage of 469 households.
Vestas Wind Systems selects IBM big data analytics for smarter wind energy
Vestas Wind Systems will use IBM big data analytics software and powerful IBM systems to improve wind turbine placement for optimal energy output. Turbine placement is a major challenge for the renewable energy industry. Vestas expects to accelerate the adoption of wind energy internationally and expand its business into new markets by overcoming this challenge.
Vestas is addressing the issue of turbine placement by using IBM BigInsights software and an IBM “Firestorm” supercomputer to analyze petabytes of structured and unstructured data such as weather reports, tidal phases, geospatial and sensor data, satellite images, deforestation maps and weather modeling research to pinpoint installation. The analysis, which used to take weeks, can now be done in less than one hour.
In addition, Vestas will tap IBM’s analytics expertise for its Plant Siting & Forecasting Department in Denmark, where company engineers design next generation wind technologies for clients. At the department, IBM will provide the company with access to a team of big data analytics project specialists, 24 by 7 technical support, and virtual access to IBM’s big data development lab in Silicon Valley to explore new ways to apply analytics to wind energy
Why Capitol Hill Is Keeping U.S. From Creating Clean Energy Jobs
Oct 10th
Nathanael Greene, Director of Renewable Energy Policy in New York City for the National Resource Defense Council, discusses our country’s struggle to create clean energy jobs.
Keeping the Lights On: Data Overload and its Impact on the Storage in the Smart Grid
Oct 3rd
Information is the lifeline of a businesses’ sustainability. With a rapidly changing business climate, evolution of technology, new policies and regulation as well as the emergence of new competitors, energy and utility firms are turning to data to create new business models – a model that incorporates past, current and future predictions. Not too long ago, the process of aggregating raw data was fairly logical and straightforward, however today, it is complex, costly and time consuming. As the growth of unstructured data continues to escalate, so too are the pressures for CIOs to gain better insight, confidently predict outcomes and take actions that stand out amongst a crowded marketplace.
The amount of data generated by the Smart Grid is astounding. For example, smart metering inevitably increases the amount of meter data utilities must handle – generating on average 50 bytes of data per hourly read. Additionally a synchrophasor- a phasor measurement unit that tracks electrical waves across the power grid to monitor the health of the system- takes readings sixty times a second. This adds up to four-hundred ninety-four megabytes a day, one-hundred seventy-six gigabytes of data a year per synchrophaser. Today there are a number of devices in addition to smart meters being used in the energy and utilities industry to collect data, including line default detectors, sagometers which generate 12 readings per hour at 50 bytes per read and storage devices such as batteries that produce 100 byte reads per hour. Together, these devices create an astronomical amount of data.
With the abundance of information, utilities have to find new ways to cost-effectively and securely store, archive and retrieve a virtual explosion of new information. Additionally, aging physical infrastructures and IT assets are no longer sufficient to cope with the accelerated exponential growth of data. Smart Grids use sensors, smart meters, digital controls and analytic tools to automatically monitor and control two-way energy flow. This data can be used to shift electric load to avoid power outages and locate troubled components instantly; it also empowers consumers to make better decisions by providing information about their energy consumption. Additionally, smart grid technology allows energy and utility companies to understand power demand in real time so they can improve delivery during peak hours. The data also enables utilities to integrate distributed generation such as renewable energy assets into their power generation portfolio.
As with most technology advancements – the next generation Smart Grid brings with it more data as well as more ability and need to analyze this data. So without the appropriate data storage and management infrastructure, utilities are unable to reap the benefits that Smart Grid offers. Therefore, organizations must implement an infrastructure that provides efficient, automated management and retention of information. This will provide personnel with constant, reliable access to data whereever and whenever it is needed to improve overall business operations and customer relations.
Information availability is instrumental in keeping operations up and running and customer service levels at a premium point. In the energy sector, continuous and reliable access to information ensures that personnel can access data at any given point – whether it’s during an outage, or simply when they receive a consumer inquiry regarding billing and new service setup and relocation disconnect. Many utility companies are investing in technologies that provide automated performance management, application integration, and migration of data in order to meet the ever changing business requirements of managing a Smart Grid. Performance, capacity and reliability are also mandatory for utilities as without a constant stream of energy, countries could be gravely impacted with thousands of businesses and millions of consumers paying the consequences.
As the amount of data grows with the “Smarter” Grid, the need for analytics increases dramatically. Analytics will allow utilities to better predict energy usage, prevent failures, reduce outages, analyze customer response to pricing events, ensure grid reliability and security and efficiently manage generation and grid infrastructure assets.
Utilities are also perplexed by data retention issues, what Smart Grid data to keep, what to archive, how long to archive the data, which data should be used for analytics, and which data needs to be maintained to meet security, data privacy and legal requirements. All of this calls for a rigorous understanding of the importance of each piece of data to Smart Grid business processes. In addition, security, data privacy and legal requirements are constantly increasing. Failure to meet data security, privacy and legal retention requirements can lead to costly fines. That said, keeping massive quantities of data for long periods of time also comes at a cost. With the right data retention policies and technologies that support and enable those policies, utilities can store and manage their data more effectively. Data storage technologies that are key for this type of enablement are virtualization, data de-duplication, multi-tiered archiving, and data encryption.
The Smart Grid cannot function at the highest performance and capacity without a manageable data storage solution. Utilities are sourcing customized, highly available technologies that deliver the scalability and performance to meet today’s and tomorrow’s energy demands. The solution then is to find a host of data storage and management systems that provide automated performance management, virtualization, encryption, analytics, and deduplication that are designed to provide utilities with inexpensive, efficient ways to store and extract intelligence from massive amounts of data.
Written by Mozhi Habibi is a member of the Global Energy & Utilities Strategy & Solutions team, responsible for leading IBM’s energy and utility solutions strategy worldwide. IBM is celebrating its centennial anniversary this year.
Electric Cars Hit The East Coast Grid
Oct 3rd
Northeast and mid-Atlantic grid operator PJM Interconnect on Monday welcomed a new project to promote technology that can use battery power from electric vehicles to smooth peaks and troughs in grid demand.
Vehicle to grid technology, or V2G, has been developed over more than a decade by University of Delaware professor Willett Kempton, and has been shown through several prototype electric cars to be an effective way of providing a significant untapped source of energy to the national grid.
University officials on Monday signed an agreement with utility operator NRG Energy to commercialize the technology.
We are on the cusp of an electric vehicle revolution…Consumers get paid for the power they don’t need.
Transmission networks such as PJM will have an increasing need for stable power input as they become increasingly reliant on fluctuating renewable energy sources such as wind and solar.
PJM has been involved in discussions with UD and is enthusiastic about the technology which has the potential to smooth power supply, said spokesman Ray Dotter.
“Energy storage in vehicles can be an effective way of providing this service,” Dotter said. “If there are agreements to do that, they could be pretty significant.”
V2G will be promoted initially for use in fleets, and has the potential to be a significant source of power that is currently untapped, officials said.
‘Staggering’ Statistics
“The energy storage inherent in automobiles is staggering,” said David Weir, director of UD’s Office of Economic Innovation and Partnerships. “If all the automobiles in the US were electrified, it would be enough to power the entire US for half a day.”
The technology allows electric vehicle owners — when their cars are parked — to communicate with the grid, and regulate the flow of power into or out of their batteries, depending on whether they are depleted, or whether they have excess power that can be used by the grid to meet spikes in demand.
The technology enables EV owners to sell electric storage services from their parked cars to help stabilize the grid. Since the average car is parked for 23 hours a day, the plan has enormous potential as electric vehicles become more widely adopted, Kempton said.
The company, called eV2g, will pay participating EV owners for making their vehicles available, and will collect payment from the grid operator for the power generated from each parked vehicle.
Links To The Past And Future
The new company was officially launched outside Newark’s former Chrysler plant, a facility that once made Sherman tanks for the Second World War, and is now part of the university’s science and technology campus.
Denise Wilson, President of NRG’s Alternative Energy Services, predicted the partnership will help develop significant new sources of power supply and transportation at a time when the US is seeking to reduce both its greenhouse gas emissions and its dependence on foreign oil.
“We are on the cusp of an electric vehicle revolution,” she said. “Consumers get paid for the power they don’t need. What is it going to take to make this the mainstream?”
Wilson declined to specify the size of NRG’s investment in the project. The company is also seeking to build the Bluewater wind farm off the Delaware coast at Rehoboth Beach, in what could be the first of its kind in the US.
Written By Jon Hurdle.
Source: http://energy.aol.com/2011/09/27/electric-cars-hit-the-east-coast-grid/
High Noon for Reluctant US Banks to Get off the Fence
Sep 21st
It’s no secret that the global solar industry is booming. Recent market studies suggest that the United States photovoltaic market will overtake Germany and Italy much sooner than previously assumed. Researchers at ABI Research expect that the US will become the largest market for annual PV installations already in 2013. In 2010, an estimated 900 MW of installed capacity came online in the U.S. PV market and that number is expected to almost double in 2011. To further solidify this trend IDC Energy Insights reported that global solar photovoltaic module shipments are forecast to grow at an amazing compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.7% from 2010 to 2015. The ‘Worldwide Quarterly Photovoltaic Module Tracker’ report further noted that PV module shipments will reach 30GW in 2015 with an estimated market value of $330 billion. Increased demand for solar energy is the factor that fuels this significant growth in Asia/Pacific as well as the United States.
Good news, one would think, for the solar PV industry in the US. So why isn’t anyone celebrating? Could it be that no champagne corks are popping just yet, because one important group still hasn’t arrived for the party? Let’s see who’s here and who’s missing in action: The consumers (residential, industrial and commercial) are enthusiastically demanding solar to reign in rising energy costs, take control of their energy needs and protect the environment; the Government is paving the way with a heightened focus on Renewable Energies for all the right reasons; the US solar industry is adding jobs at a record pace and showing off its entrepreneurial ingenuity to maximize everyone’s benefits from this sustainable energy source. Sounds like quite a gathering. So why aren’t we dancing yet?
Well, maybe because the music is missing. Or better yet, the right music. One reason why Germany has brought home the gold medal for solar energy deployment year after year is due to the fact that the financial services sector is a fully integrated partner in this industry. No dancing without the right music, and the bankers provided just that. What a party they had and still have over in the Old World, where obtaining an attractive loan for a PV system is as easy as dialing your house banker’s phone number. Fast forward to the new PV frontier, the ever growing US market, where solar as well as other renewable energies picked a bad time to soar as a business. Still licking their wounds caused by the implosion of the real estate bubble, traditional American banks have mostly stood in the background waiting to see how the solar party would evolve.
No wonder it was the large European banks that pulled out their music instruments to get the solar party started here in the US. Experienced with the solar industry and well familiar when it came to evaluating bankable solar product and large scale projects, German banks Commerzbank and Deutsche Bank, as well as Italy’s UniCredit took the lead. Other specialty financial services have since followed and joined the band. Nevertheless, in order to really get the party rocking more of the traditional large banks need to pull out their instruments also. Furthermore, rather than just going after the big fish, the large scale utility projects, the US needs to grow a solid financing foundation for smaller residential as well as your every day warehouse roof top projects. It’s called ‘bread and butter’ business, and yes, it will come with its own set of challenges. But much has been learned from the real estate fiasco; lessons that can be applied to this new rapidly growing industry.
Having been on the forefront of fostering such development, it is my prognosis that over the next 5 to 7 years solar financing will become part of the basic existential mix of financing services offered by banks here in the US. More and more of the traditional US banks will join the ranks of the European banks, the financial service innovators and the niche market operators in this sector. We can already see this trend. Just as it happened in Europe, where the traditional banks opened up, with great success, an entirely new market segment for themselves. Again, banks are looking for safe bets, and we see them putting their money on the sun, which shows up for work every day of the year, year after year. We also see them carefully selecting their counterparts looking for products with high or even better, industry leading warranties, companies with solid balance sheets and high quality brands in their portfolios. ‘Bankability’ being the magic word.
Lastly, for America to fully control its own solar energy success, the industry must overcome growing competition from emerging-market competitors using cheap capital from their mother lands to finance their highly focused, aggressive international expansions. To draw off recent remarks by Fred Hochberg, Chairman and President of Export-Import Bank of the United States at a speech he gave in Atlanta, the rise of ”state-directed capitalism” in which countries like China pick their global winners by providing them with immensely generous cheap credit, are changing the dynamics in this and other industries fast and furiously. It is high noon for the main stay of American financing to join the party at home, provide the music and make sure that the fastest growing industry in USA today will continue to flourish; US jobs will be generated in the process and energy independence in our country will actually be achieved.
Written by Sylvia Minton, Public Affairs Chair of the Georgia Solar Energy Association; a sought-after expert and speaker within the international solar industry. A long time journalist and communications specialist, the Sr. VP of Corporate Affairs for MAGE SOLAR, a leading provider of complete solar PV system components, is also a member of the Board of Directors of the MAGE SOLAR ACADEMY in Dublin, GA, USA, a premier educational arena for professionals of all levels and occupations in the expanding PV-market.
China is Interested in Biofuels – Why Not the West?
Sep 15th
China, arguably the world’s most influential and dynamic economy, is beginning to eye renewable as a partial solution to its voracious and growing energy needs. If Beijing determines that biofuels represent the future, expect to see the current modest western investment field to change dramatically.
As yet, China’s involvement is modest. According to a PetroChina company official, the firm intends to increase its production of biofuels by 2015 to 1.1 million tons and import and additional 470,000 tons. PetroChina, a traditional hydrocarbon company, is clearly thinking outside the box to increase its alternative energy portfolio.
According to PetroChina’s Petrochemical Research Institute deputy chief engineer Fu Xingguo, China is looking at generating 933,000 tons annually of fuel ethanol and 165,000 tons of biodiesel.
According to Fu, China is looking to import biofuel from countries such as Brazil, the world’s largest producer of ethanol, which will then be blended with regular hydrocarbon-derived traditional fuels and sold to southern Chinese provinces.
Looking towards the future, Fu added that some PetroChina Jet A-1 civilian aviation biofuel will be used in a test flight next month, but gave no further details, such as the feedstock used to produce the fuel.
Finally, Fu noted that China has around 1.52 million tons of fuel ethanol capacity, which mainly use grains as feedstocks.
In those accustomed to reading between the lines, Petrochemical Research Institute deputy chief engineer’s last comment is the most significant.
Grains as feedstocks.
The United States now devours approximately one-third of its corn output to produce ethanol, thanks in large part to a bloated bureaucracy and an influential farm lobby sucking down subsidies.
China has no such luxury to shift agricultural land from food production to renewables, as its arable land is needed to support the appetites of approximately 1.3 billion people.
Chinese indigenous production of domestic biofuel will accordingly remain marginal at best.
That said, should China determine that renewable biofuels are an important future component of the country’s diversified energy portfolio, the fiscal resources that it could throw at the issue would completely transform global biofuel production, particularly in the Third World.
A number of issues are blunting the introduction of increased biofuel production in developed countries.
First and foremost is that no one has yet figured out how to produce biofuel on an industrial scale that could compete with oil prices, even at $100 a barrel. Like solar and its kilowatt issues, biofuels at present remain a more expensive option.
Secondly, particularly in the United States, the biofuel market has been captured by the ethanol lobby, which provides farmers not only with subsidies, but crop insurance as well.
Last but hardly least is the fact that no single potential biofuel feedstock has emerged as a clear winner, although camelina seems to moving increasingly into first place.
That said, even in the U.S., a slow groundswell of support for renewable biofuel production is emerging, with both the Carlyle Group and Goldman Sachs selectively investing in various projects. Neither firm is overly adventurous in risk-taking, which indicates that eventually biofuels will receive the funding which it currently lacks.
Should China exercise its immense fiscal clout, particularly in the developing world where it has spent decades cultivating governments and contacts, the picture could change quickly. A major focus of Chinese investment over the past decade has been Africa, and if Beijing decides that biofuel is the way to go to diversify is energy portfolio, given the land constraints within China itself, expect to see a major drive to produce renweables on the Dark Continent.
Furthermore, expect to see China completely ignore environmentalists’ concerns about shifting land from food production to biofuel.
Amongst China’s many economic accomplishments, an overriding signal concern for human rights, either in China or in the countries it invests in, is notable by its absence.
Written by. Dr. John C.K. Daly for OilPrice.com. The opinions expressed in this article are solely those of the author, Dr. John C.K. Daly. For more information on oil prices and other commodity related topics please visit www.oilprice.com
University of Maryland Forms Renewable Energy Company
Sep 14th
University of Maryland forms renewable energy company
The University of Maryland Eastern Shore has formed a renewable energy development company. The new company, Eastern Shore Energy LLC, will focus on creating renewable energy projects at multiple sites on the lower Eastern Shore of Maryland.
Eastern Shore Energy’s goal is to develop systems capable of generating 100 MW to 150 MW from wind, solar and biomass projects. The regional initiative is the result of a partnership between the Maryland Hawk Corp., and National Renewable Solutions LLC, an affiliate of National Wind LLC. Currently, Eastern Shore Energy is studying the feasibility of three wind projects within Somerset and Worcester counties and expects to identify additional sites over the next several months.
OMVS, Texas Southern University team up to develop printable solar technology
On the Move Systems has signed an agreement with Texas Southern University to co-develop a next-generation printable solar panel. The company did not disclose financial terms.
Under the agreement, TSU will be responsible for the design, testing, assembly and revision of innovative solar materials, printer heads, base materials and commercial applications, while OMVS will provide the necessary funding.
eMeter completes integration of EnergyIP platform with CPS Energy system
eMeter, global smart grid information platform provider, has completed the integration of its eMeter EnergyIP platform with CPS Energy’s SAP IS-U EhP5 system. The integration enables CPS Energy to provide its customers with real-time energy usage information and enhanced metering services.
Using eMeter EnergyIP’s interval data framing service, CPS Energy is now providing 40,000 of its customers with 15 minute, hourly and daily energy consumption information. In addition, CPS Energy uses eMeter EnergyIP’s real-time validation and estimation service to ensure that customers have timely and accurate information.
Sequel Power partners with Table Rock Capital for utility-scale solar projects
Tegal Corp. unit Sequel Power, which is dedicated to the development and operation of large scale photovoltaic-based solar utility projects, has established a strategic alliance with Table Rock Capital. The alliance is designed to accelerate the development of several utility-scale projects currently in Sequel Power’s pipeline.
Sequel Power currently has more than a dozen active projects with major partners in various stages of analyzing and developing solar utilities in six different countries within the global Sunbelt. Table Rock Capital, which has financed, developed and managed more than 200 large-scale energy projects, is focusing initially on Sequel Power’s projects in the Americas.
GT Advanced Technologies to begin DSS MonoCast Beta shipments
GT Advanced Technologies Inc. has started final production testing for its new DSS MonoCast ingot growth technology with Nexolon. The program will allow GT Advanced Technologies to validate and optimize MonoCast product performance in an actual PV wafer production environment and to finalize product specifications prior to the commencement of volume shipments.
GT Advanced Technologies is expected to begin taking orders for its new MonoCast systems in October. Initial lead time for commercial deliveries is expected to be three months.
New Director to Lead Lugar Center for Renewable Energy at IUPUI: Dr. Peter Schubert brings extensive industry and research expertise to Indiana
Sep 14th
INDIANAPOLIS, IND. (August 18, 2011) – As the Richard G. Lugar Center for Renewable Energy at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) continues to confront America’s urgent need for clean, affordable and renewable energy sources to improve our nation’s energy security, the Center is appointing Dr. Peter J. Schubert its new Director to lead this charge. Effective September 13, 2011, Dr. Schubert will bring over 25 years of industry experience and energy-related research, with sponsors such as the USDA, DOE, DOD and NASA, to the Lugar Center as it addresses pressing energy issues facing Americans in an increasingly-volatile global climate.
“Energy independence is vital to our country’s continued geopolitical and economic success,” explains Dr. David Russomanno, Dean of IUPUI’s Purdue School of Engineering and Technology where the Lugar Center is housed. “Dr. Schubert is the ideal person to further the work of the Richard G. Lugar Center as it helps the nation advance alternative energy research and development. We are thrilled he’ll be joining us, and believe it will serve the city and state well to have his talent at work in our School.”
The Lugar Center was established in 2007 to accelerate renewable energy advancements through research, public outreach and education, civic engagement and synergistic partnerships with industry, government labs and local communities.
“The question we all need to be asking is, ‘What can we do right now to pave the way for a future of energy independence, good climate stewardship and continued economic growth?’” explains Schubert. “A truly sustainable portfolio of renewable energy technologies requires a wide range of integrated systems – there is no single solution. We need a comprehensive, local-global renewable energy system that can be realized in our lifetimes. With the resources, connections and talent available in Indianapolis, I believe all of this can begin right here. And IUPUI plays a big part.”
Fuel cells, renewable hydrogen, bio-fuel production and application, advanced battery storage and safety, plug-in and hybrid electric vehicles and solar energy are among the topics currently being investigated by researchers at the Lugar Center. Through the Center, other groups like the Policy, Law and Economics Working Group also delve into the political, economic and business issues necessary to develop, advance, and sustain alternative energies.
About the Richard G. Lugar Center for Renewable Energy: The Richard G. Lugar Center for Renewable Energy was established to address the urgent societal needs for clean, affordable and renewable energy sources, improve the nation’s energy security and reduce the negative impacts of climate change. Its primary mission is to promote research excellence in the area of renewable energy through collaborative efforts among faculty in the disciplines of engineering, chemistry, physics, biology, public policy and environmental affairs. It will promote renewable energy applications through teaching, learning, civic engagement and synergistic partnerships with industry, government labs and local communities. For more information, visit the Lugar Center’s website at http://lugarenergycenter.iupui.edu/.
About the Purdue School of Engineering and Technology at IUPUI: The mission of the Purdue School of Engineering and Technology at IUPUI is to be one of the best urban university leaders in the disciplines of engineering and technology recognized locally, nationally and internationally. The school’s goal is to provide students an education that will give them the leverage to be leaders in their communities, industry and society. For additional information on the School of Engineering & Technology, go to http://www.engr.iupui.edu.
By the Richard G. Lugar Center for Renewable Energy, Purdue School of Engineering and Technology, IUPUI.
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