University partners with eight colleges and universities for large-scale solar facility Wake Forest University has announced that it is joining forces with eight other colleges and universities in North Carolina and Pennsylvania to bring a large-scale solar facility onto the U.S. electrical power grid […]
Last week, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Shumer (D-NY) and Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) announced an agreement on the Inflation Reduction Act. Despite its unassuming title, the bill includes substantial and much-needed action to address climate change. In fact, according to the Democratic Party’s
CEES faculty members Miles Silman and Abdou Lachgar, and CEES fellow and MA in Sustainability graduate student Andrew Wilcox and are on a mission to change tropical agriculture in the Amazon. By creating biochar, a type of fertilizer and soil conditioner made from charred agricultural […]
In an effort to train the environmental leaders of tomorrow, one innovative course at WFU focuses on how sustainability is woven into ongoing projects. Students enrolled in the course, “Green Technologies: Science and Entrepreneurship” collaborate with businesses and organizations to promote sustainable practices. During […]
What do 300 suns, boat hull construction, Cool Energy engines, water splitting, GaAs nanowires and piedmont North Carolina have in common? They are pieces of a green energy puzzle that students and faculty of four Piedmont Triad universities are trying to assemble. Teams from Wake […]
Finding a relationship between a farm in Yadkin County, two chemists at Wake Forest University, the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools’ Career Center, and renewable biofuels may initially seem challenging, but an interdisciplinary team of educators and scientists saw opportunity in collaboration. Ultimately, through the concerted […]
A group of researchers from Wake Forest University, UNC-Greensboro, Winston-Salem State University and North Carolina A&T are working together to find new ways of harnessing solar energy, including heat energy, to advance alternative energy production in the state. Read more here.
“Can we replicate the story of the Wright Brothers?” Wake Forest professor of Law Alan Palmiter posed this question as he opened a symposium on wind energy at Wake Forest University on November 15th. Over one hundred years ago, the Wright brothers chose […]
CEES Associate Director Dan Fogel was featured on WCNC, the NBC affiliate in Charlotte. His interview previewed the panel on the Apple Fuel Cell Project in Maiden, NC. The panel included representatives from the North Carolina Sustainable Energy Association. Watch the Interview […]
Sustainability can be effective when solid science meets thoughtful business strategy, That’s why the energy industry is keeping a close eye on the Apple Fuel Cell Project in North Carolina “As demand grows, why not push ourselves to as much as reasonably possible; supplement the […]
