Sandia National Laboratories is moving its wind energy test facility to a new location near the campus of Texas Tech University in Lubbock. Sandia, Texas Tech, and Group NIRE are pursuing a three-way research agreement under which this facility will operate. The Department of Energy’s Wind & Water Power program is funding Sandia’s work. The [...]
North Dakota State University students will be able to conduct research in Antarctica thanks to grants from the National Science Foundation. NDSU geology professors Adam R. Lewis and Ken Lepper received $292,568 grant funding and Jane Willenbring, assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, received an additional $287,416 to conduct field research in [...]
On Thursday evening a team of students from Virginia Tech University learned they received top honors when they were named the overall winners of EcoCAR: The NeXt Challenge after designing and building an extended-range electric vehicle (EREV) using E85 (ethanol). Virginia Tech competed against 15 other universities to take home the top prize of the [...]
Energy Secretary Steven Chu has announced the availability of more than $30 million to train undergraduate- and graduate-level engineering students in manufacturing efficiency to help them become the nation’s next generation of industrial energy efficiency experts. Through the Industrial Assessment Center program, university teams across the country will gain practical training and skills that will enable [...]
Antelope Valley Community College District and Chevron Energy Solutions announced today the completion of a 1.1 MW solar and energy efficiency program at the district’s Lancaster campus. The program is expected to save the district more than $25 million over the life of the project, including incentives from the California Solar Initiative.
Laramie County Community College in Laramie, Wyoming is holding a Green Jobs Career Summit this Friday, June 17th. The goal of the summit to provide information on the emerging clean/green energy field to college and high school students.
National Grid provides $225K grant to UAlbany NanoCollege for green energy initiative to establish Solar Power Control and Monitoring Center at CNSE’s Albany NanoTech Complex
Each year National Wildlife Federation’s Campus Ecology program publishes case studies contributed by its members and partners showcasing their campus sustainability practices and global warming solutions for the past school year (2010-2011).
“The University of Hawai’i Solar Decathlon team Executive Committee, which includes participating students and members from Honolulu Community College and UH Mānoa, met and discussed the many positive outcomes related to this competition. However, the committee decided that the timing and financial challenges were too large to risk further investment without the guaranteed delivery of [...]