March 27, 2013

Energy research “collaboratory” expands

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The Colorado Renewable Energy Collaboratory, a groundbreaking partnership between Colorado’s research universities and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, has changed its name to Colorado Energy Research Collaboratory (CERC) to reflect two new research missions — carbon management and fracking technology.

The partnership’s original mission when launched more than five years ago was to explore and develop renewable energy technologies that would harness the power of wind, sun and biofuels.

Stein Sture, the University of Colorado Boulder’s vice chancellor for research, said that both carbon management and fracking are important for the development of cleaner energy technologies, even though neither fits into…

Christopher Wood
Christopher Wood is editor and publisher of BizWest, a regional business journal covering Boulder, Broomfield, Larimer and Weld counties. Wood co-founded the Northern Colorado Business Report in 1995 and served as publisher of the Boulder County Business Report until the two publications were merged to form BizWest in 2014. From 1990 to 1995, Wood served as reporter and managing editor of the Denver Business Journal. He is a Marine Corps veteran and a graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder. He has won numerous awards from the Colorado Press Association, Society of Professional Journalists and the Alliance of Area Business Publishers.
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