CSU building Powerhouse Energy Institute

FORT COLLINS – CSU plans to build a new $18.5 million energy institute funded by private donors such as Woodward Inc. and Bohemian Foundation, the university announced Monday.

The university’s new Powerhouse Energy Institute will house the Engines and Energy Conversion Laboratory expansion that’s taking place in the historic power plant building in North Old Town. It also will contain former Gov. Bill Ritter’s Center for the New Energy Economy and the Department of Mechanical Engineering’s Industrial Assessment Center.

Several other energy programs from inside and outside CSU likely will move into the institute as the addition takes shape in the…