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Announcing Sustainability Short Course

drapp — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 18:57:29 +0000

PEIK is sponsoring a short course called Sustainability for Practicing

IEEE Power and Energy Society Awards Five UK Students

drapp — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 14:49:52 +0000

LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 8, 2012) — Last week, the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Power and Energy Society (PES) awarded five University of Kentucky students with scholarships at a ceremony on campus.

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Power and Energy Institute Receives $1.5 Million for Education in Industrial Energy Efficiency

Chris Gabel — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 16:02:55 +0000

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sept. 14, 2011) — The Power and Energy Institute of Kentucky (PEIK) at the University of Kentucky has received $1.5 million from the U.S. Department of Energy to train undergraduate and graduate level engineering students in manufacturing efficiency to help them become the nation’s next generation of industrial energy efficiency experts. UK is one of 24 universities in 23 states to receive a portion of the $30 million that was issued. UK will receive the grant over the course of five years.

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UK Students in Spain for International Power Course. (Spanish Article)

cgabel — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 15:09:01 +0000

Una decena de estudiantes norteamericanos, que participan en el curso sobre Energías Renovables que imparte por primera vez el Colegio de Ingenieros Industriales de Navarra, conocieron ayer las instalaciones del parque solar de Villafranca, promovido por la firma Parques Solares de Navarra.

Responsables de esta empresa recibieron a los estudiantes, que recorrieron el recinto “del mayor parque solar de concentración del mundo, con 12 MW nominales”, según destaca la compañía en un comunicado. Además, también incluye instalaciones solares de tecnología convencional, ocupando una superficie total de un millón de metros cuadrados de terreno.

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E.ON Gives $2 Million to UK Power and Energy Institute

cgabel — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:06:05 +0000

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (July 13, 2010) - Energy service provider E.ON, parent company of E.ON U.S., announced today that it will donate $2 million to the University of Kentucky College of Engineering to help in funding the recently announced Power and Energy Institute of Kentucky (PEIK). Specifically, the gift will endow scholarships for the program and fund an annual study abroad program to study the power grids in Germany.

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UK to establish Power and Energy Institute

cgabel — Fri, 28 May 2010 15:07:27 +0000

The need for young engineers is urgent right now in the age of the carbon footprint, the race to develop alternative energy resources and the goal of creating a national “smart grid.”

In a drive to meet that need, the U.S. Department of Energy has awarded UK nearly $2.5 million to help educate the next generation of power engineers.

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College of Engineering to Establish Power Institute

cgabel — Wed, 05 May 2010 15:03:21 +0000

LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 5, 2010) – The need for young engineers is urgent right now in the age of the carbon footprint, the race to develop alternative energy resources and the goal of creating a national “Smart Grid.” To address these issues, the U.S. Department of Energy has awarded University of Kentucky nearly $2.5 million to help educate the next generation of power engineers, the specialists urgently needed to handle the technical challenges of generating, transmitting and distributing electric power.

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