The Renewable Energy Center at the University of Nevada, Reno coordinates collaborative research and educational projects at UNR including geothermal, biomass, hydrogen energy and solar. Our faculty is heavily involved with the activities of the center.
Nevada has the ingredients - sun, wind, geothermal, biomass - to become one of the nation's leaders in renewable energy. The University of Nevada, Reno is taking a leadership role with a number of renewable energy initiatives that promise to transform the economy of the state of Nevada and contribute to the revitalization of the national economy. This will happen through the creation of new companies, new jobs and an entirely new emphasis on renewable energy, plus a much-needed investment in the rebuilding of the nation's infrastructure.
Mano Misra
Director of Renewable Energy Center
University of Nevada, Reno
Renewable Energy Minor
The University has made impressive inroads in renewable energy curriculum with the addition of a Renewable Energy Minor in 2007. The new collaborative effort promises to create even more educational synergy through the coordinated efforts of faculty in four colleges within the University: the College of Agriculture, Biotechnology and Natural Resources; College of Business; College of Engineering; College of Science. Activities will have the oversight of the deans of the various participating colleges, and will also include working groups in key areas such as biomass, geothermal, solar energy, hydrogen, power grid, curriculum and outreach.