Alternative Energy/IP Profile of Universities working in AE

Answer the questions:

1. What are the 5 top Universities in this field?
   • Correlate them with their main outputs (Data. Narratives. Tools)
   • Understand and identify cases where these universities are “experimenting” or “adopting” commons based approach. Are they adopting OA policies, for instance? Are they adopting Social Responsible License approaches?
   • Identify these cases and treat them as entities that will also be placed in our mapping device (the quadrants)
   • Identify what universities are the “Microsofts” of the field and what companies are the “IBMs” of the field (Use the questionnaire to guide your research when appropriate - Carol will select specific relevant questions)

Background for Questions:

University Trends

Big Oil putting more money into alternative energy programs
"cash-strapped universities are finding themselves more and more dependent on oil dollars for funding"
http://www.enn.com/top_stories/spotlight/39338

Leading Solar Power Universities

University of Michigan‚ Center for Sustainable Systems at the School of Natural Resources and Environment

• Home page: http://css.snre.umich.edu/
• Renewable Energy: http://css.snre.umich.edu/main.php?dataTable=projects&format=formats_proj.htm&sortField=unsorted&sortOrder=ASC&selectType=contains&selectOperator=&pr_project_id=&pr_research_sector_sub=&pr_research_sector=ENERGY&pr_keyword=*&pr_project_title=&pr_research_team=*&pr_project_sponsor=*&rangeStart=1&max=10&currentAction=find&firstTime=

Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT Energy Initiative

• "The MIT Energy Initiative pairs the Institute's world-class research teams with key players across the innovation spectrum to help accomplish two important goals: improving today's energy systems and creating tomorrow's global energy marketplace."
• Home Page: http://web.mit.edu/mitei/index.html
• Many important discoveries in the field of solar photovoltaic electricity production.

Leading Wind Power Universities

University of North Dakota: Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC)

• "EERC is a research, development, demonstration, and commercialization facility"
• "EERC receives no state-appropriated funding, and the majority of EERC contracts are with nonfederal entities."
• http://www.undeerc.org/
• http://www.undeerc.org/wind/

University of Massachusetts, Amherst - Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy: The Renewable Energy Research Laboratory (RERL)

• http://www.ceere.org/rerl/

Texas Tech University, Wind Science and Engineering Research Center

• http://www.wind.ttu.edu/index.php

Leading Tidal Power Universities

Oregon State University, The Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center

• "The Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center (NNMREC) is a DOE-funded partnership between Oregon State University and the University of Washington.
• U.S. Department of Energy Announcement: http://www.energy.gov/news/6554.htm
• http://oregonstate.edu/dept/ncs/newsarch/2008/Sep08/waves.html
  

University of Washington, The Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center

• http://depts.washington.edu/nnmrec/
  

University of Hawaii, National Renewable Marine Energy Center

• Press Release: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/cgi-bin/uhmnews2?20080924115400

University of Alaska, Fairbanks - Alaska Hydrokinetic Energy Research Center

• http://www.uaf.edu/acep/facilities/alaska-hydrokinetic-energ/

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