Renewable Energy Technology :: Program Facilities

Facilities

Dedicated renewable energy teaching facility (classroom/laboratory - Renewable Energy Training Center)
Anaerobic methane digester designed for 400 milking cows on the campus dairy farm. This is paired with a 50 kW engine/generator set with a heat recovery system.
Algae greenhouse heated by the dairy farm's cogeneration system running on biogas
Controlled environmental agriculture aquaponics greenhouse
Bergey 10 kW wind turbine
Indoor wind turbine tower safety training facility
Energy Systems and Design stream engine micro hydroelectric turbine
BioPro 190 biodiesel batch processor
Wood gasification heating system
Micro turbines for cogeneration of heat and electricity from biogas
Lab-scale anaerobic digester
1-2 kW photovoltaic array
Solar hot water system

Ongoing Projects

On-farm algae growth for lipid oil production and fish/cattle feed
Combined aquaculture (fish production) and hydroponics (vegetable production) controlled environmental agriculture project for year-round food production (powered with biofuels)
Galbreath micro hydroelectric system construction
Biodiesel batch processing using campus fryer oil