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University Announces Green Power Project
Published March 2007
Colorado State University has committed to developing the CSU Green Power Project, a wind farm in northern Colorado that will generate more power than the university consumes. The project - to be completed within eight years - will also serve as a unique outdoor laboratory for researchers across campus in areas ranging from clean energy technology development to a variety of related environmental impact studies.
Video Clips
Larry Edward Penley
President, Colorado State University
- How the wind farm enhances research opportunities
- What the wind farm means to Colorado State University
- A point of institutional pride is collaboration across disciplines
- The history of the institution's focus on sustainability
- The wind farm is just a part of the institution's efforts related to sustainability
Bill Farland
Vice President for Research, Colorado State
The wind farm furthers the university's dedication to practicing, researching and developing clean-energy solutions and environmental stewardship. It also provides unsurpassed opportunities to study both energy systems and environmental systems that encompass a variety of university departments and societal interests.
The Colorado State University Research Foundation or CSURF, the private, non-profit advocacy arm of the university, recently finalized a deal with Wind Holding LLC to develop the facility on the university's 11,000-acre Maxwell Ranch near the Wyoming border.
Press release
March 29, 2007: Colorado State to build wind farm to offset all energy use as part of environmental commitment (PDF version)
Supporting materials
- Campus green efforts fact sheet (PDF)
- Wind power fact sheet (PDF)
- Smart Grid technology fact sheet (PDF)
- Biofuels fact sheet (PDF)
- Cook stove fact sheet (PDF)
- EnviroFit fact sheet (PDF)
Downloadable files:
Related Links:
- American Wind Energy Association
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Engines & Energy Conversion Labratory
- Global Social and Sustainable Enterprise Program Web site
- Feature article from the Colorado State Magazine
Broadcast quality audio
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Larry Edward Penley
Colorado State University president
- How the wind farm enhances research opportunities
- What the wind farm means to Colorado State University
- A point of institutional pride is collaboration across disciplines
- The history of the institution's focus on sustainability
- The wind farm is just a part of the institution's efforts related to sustainability
Bill Farland
Vice president for Research, Colorado State
- Building on the institution's research strengths in renewable and clean energy
- Colorado State is a leader in moving research into production
High resolution photos
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Larry Edward Penley, President and Chancellor
Bill Farland, Vice President for Research
The conversion kit for two cycle engines created by Envirofit
Running tests on a 2-cycle engine on Filipino tricycle that they have converted to direct injection to reduce emissions.
Paul Hudnut, director of the new master’s program, and Dan Mastbergen, a doctoral student in engineering, compare notes on the cook stove project.
Doctoral student Dan Mastbergen monitors performance of the cook stoves in the Engines and Energy Conversion Laboratory at Colorado State.
Colorado State University Engines and Energy Conversion Laboratory director Bryan Willson inspects beta cribs containing colonies of algae,
August 1, 2006. CSU researchers are working with Solix Biofuels to create a line of algae and system to economically produce biodiesel from algae.
Alpha cribs containing colonies of algae grow at the Colorado State University Engines and Energy Conversion Laboratory. CSU researchers are working with Solix Biofuels to create a line of algae and system to economically produce biodiesel from algae.
