Energy
In a world that thrives on growth, energy research is a key priority throughout the UW System. Faculty and students are working to improve energy efficiency and conservation, as well as discover and harness new sources of energy.
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UW-Milwaukee: A wrench fends off injury, feeds the economy
April 26, 2016
The gas meters that measure energy consumption in buildings pose as great a threat to workers who service them as downed power lines do to electric utility workers. Left in […]
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UW-Milwaukee: Building a better way to supply energy
February 19, 2016
It wasn’t a natural disaster or high demand that caused an electrical blackout in the northeastern United States in summer 2003. A high-voltage power line in Ohio brushed against overgrown […]
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VIDEO: UWO, partners cut ribbon for Rosendale Dairy biodigester
December 20, 2013
Temperatures in the single digits didn’t faze University of Wisconsin Oshkosh and UW Oshkosh Foundation leaders and project partners from cutting the ribbon on a new, 1.4 megawatt biodigester at […]
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A CALS-trained teacher brings bioenergy research into high school classrooms
August 21, 2013
As students in Craig Kohn’s class at Waterford Union High School can tell you, you don’t need a grant or Ph.D. to do scientific research. A question and some curiosity […]
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Wisconsin’s “Brown Gold” Rush: Transforming manure to energy in America’s Dairyland
August 7, 2013
Earth’s petroleum stores are dwindling, but a Wisconsin project aims to produce energy from a resource that’s in little danger of running low: cow manure, or “brown gold.” The University […]
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UW-Milwaukee and Madison leverage advanced technology partnership with Johnson Controls
August 5, 2013
Johnson Controls, the world’s leading automotive battery supplier, is helping to position Wisconsin as a worldwide leader in energy storage. The company has endowed a professorship, built cutting-edge research labs […]
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UW-Stevens Point and Wisconsin biotech company land biofuels research grant
July 31, 2013
Promising biofuels research at a Wisconsin biotech company and University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point is getting a boost from a $224,292 National Science Foundation grant. C5.6 Technologies of Middleton, Wis., and […]
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UWO, partners break ground on biodigester at state’s largest dairy farm
July 29, 2013
It will serve as both a renewable energy plant and a learning and research laboratory. It promises a more sustainable future for the state’s evolving dairy industry. And it will […]
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UW-Madison innovation institute to broaden palette of advanced materials
July 9, 2013
Sporting sleek cases, sensitive touch screens, and an ever-increasing array of features, today’s smartphones and tablets provide consumers unparalleled mobile computing capability. Yet, these and many other technologies are critically […]
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Providing industry solutions and high-impact student experiences
December 10, 2012
The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Materials Science Center was one of several innovative programs featured at the fall meeting of the Materials Research Society in Boston, Mass. MRS is a […]