UT A PARTNER IN VOLUNTEER STATE SOLAR INITIATIVE<\/strong><\/p>\nThe University of Tennessee will join Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Tennessee Valley Authority as a partner in Governor Phil Bredesen\u2019s proposed Volunteer State Solar Initiative announced today.<\/p>\n
UT and ORNL will be home to The Tennessee Solar Institute, one of two projects in the proposed $62.5-million initiative subject to U.S. Department of Energy approval. The Tennessee Solar Institute would receive $31 million of that funding to focus on basic research to improve solar product affordability and efficiency. Also proposed in the initiative is the West Tennessee Solar Farm near Brownsville. This five-megawatt 15-acre power generation facility at the Haywood County industrial mega site will serve as a demonstration tool for educational, research and economic-development purposes.<\/p>\n
\u201cTogether, UT and Oak Ridge National Laboratory have an unmatched collection of resources and assets,\u201d said UT Acting President Jan Simek. \u201cIt\u2019s exciting to consider what we may be able to achieve \u2013 for this state, for Tennesseans, and for the energy economy \u2013 by putting all of these extraordinary resources to work.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith our statewide mission and reach, we are especially proud that UT is helping bring economic development and opportunity to Haywood County in rural West Tennessee.\u201d<\/p>\n
ORNL Director Thom Mason added, \u201cTennessee is taking advantage of a unique opportunity to become a national leader in the solar industry.\u00a0 By leveraging all of the state\u2019s assets on the single goal of making solar energy more affordable, there is a good chance that the Solar Institute will help bring even more jobs to Tennessee.\u201d<\/p>\n
Funding for the proposed comprehensive solar-energy and economic-development program would come from federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds to advance job creation, education, research, and renewable-power production in Tennessee.<\/p>\n
The UT-ORNL Joint Institute for Advanced Materials will be home to the Tennessee Solar Institute. The Joint Institute for Advanced Materials will anchor and is to be the first building on the University\u2019s new Cherokee Farm innovation campus. Construction on the previously funded, 132,000-square-foot building is expected to begin in late summer or early fall of 2009.<\/p>\n
The Tennessee Solar Institute will take advantage of world-class DOE research assets housed at ORNL, including the Spallation Neutron Source, Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, and the world\u2019s most powerful supercomputers. It also will take advantage of existing UT faculty with expertise in materials science, of which solar energy research is a discipline. The institute will employ graduate research scholars, postdoctoral fellows and support staff.<\/p>\n
Scientists and researchers from UT and ORNL will be engaged in research at the institute to improve the conversion of solar energy into electricity and to increase the capacity of key technologies for storing electrical energy.<\/p>\n
In addition to supporting the Solar Institute\u2019s research mission, the Solar Farm will serve as an educational site for students and the public. The farm, which will be located on a site to be determined along Interstate 40, will be Tennessee\u2019s largest solar installation to date and one of the largest in the Southeast. Demonstrating the zero-carbon production of electricity on a highly visible and significant scale could encourage future renewable-energy interest and investments.<\/p>\n
Simek added, \u201cWe are excited to be part of this proposed initiative, which I believe represents our looking ahead to see the opportunity to make Tennessee a leader.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A new Volunteer State Solar Initiative is creating excitement on the UTC campus. \u201cSeveral UTC faculty members are actively conducting research in energy fields, including solar energy,\u201d said Provost Phil Oldham.\u00a0 We are pleased that Governor Bredesen is leading Tennessee to the forefront in alternative energy development, and UTC will be an active research partner… <\/p>\n
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