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Reno, Nevada 89511
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Welcome!

Nevada ranks second in the nation in the development and use of geothermal resources. The University of Nevada’s Renewable Energy Center, located at the Redfield Campus is envisioned as a research, education and outreach resource for geothermal and other renewable energy technologies. The Center is being developed under the leadership of the University of Nevada, Reno and coordinated through a diverse public-private partnership. When complete, the University of Nevada Renewable Energy Center will provide research, education, and outreach from its location at the Redfield Campus, which is within the Steamboat Springs geothermal resource. The University and its partners are currently completing construction on the Center.
Goals of the University of Nevada Renewable Energy Center are to:

• Serve as a leader in Nevada for renewable energy science and engineering

• Establish active partnerships and collaborations as part of Nevada’s network of renewable energy centers

• Foster science and engineering talent within Nevada

• Provide educational and outreach opportunities

• Strengthen the Southwest’s renewable energy research and development capabilities

• Establish and nurture partnerships to promote competitive renewable energy deployment by the private sector

• Assist U.S. (and particularly Southwest) industry in improving its position as a leader in renewable energy technologies

• Better understand Nevada’s renewable resources and optimize renewable energy project installations

• Foster renewable technologies suited for rural communities of the Southwest        

• Assist Nevada in meeting its renewable portfolio standard

• Enhance the quality of life for the citizens of Nevada through reduced fossil-fuel driven pollution

• Strengthen the Nevada and Southwest economies by increasing high-tech job opportunities

Technical Expertise
The University of Nevada, Reno has a long history of high-level technical expertise in geothermal energy. The University of Nevada Renewable Energy Center will build on that foundation. University facilities oversee and monitor peer reviewed research projects and conduct public outreach activities to stimulate public awareness of geothermal energy and the advantage of its use.
The University of Nevada Renewable Energy Center’s research areas include:

• Geothermal energy resource assessment, development and use

• Mineral recovery from geothermal brine

• Thermal power cycle development and use

• Heat exchanger development

• Waste materials energy resource use

• Geothermal and renewable energy workforce development

• Geothermal space heating

• Community and industry outreach

Geothermal Technology
The University of Nevada Renewable Energy Center is being developed under the umbrella of the Great Basin Center for Geothermal Energy located at the University of Nevada, Reno. The Great Basin Center has as its focus the identification and characterization of new high temperature geothermal systems in the Great Basin, for the purpose of electrical power generation. This focus, together with the reservoir characterization and power plant design aspects of the new Renewable Energy Center will provide the world’s first integrated geothermal power research and education institution.

For more information contact:

Ted Batchman, Dean, College of Engineering, and Director, Renewable Energy Lab Phone: 775-784-6925
E-mail: batch_t@unr.edu