| School of Agriculture and Natural Resources | |
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NEW Degree Program! Renewable Energy Technology - beginning Fall 2009 |
| School of Agriculture and Natural Resources | |
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NEW Degree Program! Renewable Energy Technology - beginning Fall 2009 |
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Dr. Benjamin D.
Ballard
Director,
Renewable Energy Training
Center
Office: 103 Shannon Hall |
Teaching & Training
| Fall 2009 |
RENG 305 - Renewable Energy
Systems (syllabus is available to currently enrolled
students via Blackboard) RENG 103 - Renewable Energy Seminar (syllabus is available to currently enrolled students via Blackboard) RETC Workshops: quick reference or details |
| RETC Summer & Fall 2009 |
Green Entrepreneurship (July
20-July 23, 2009) Solar Power As Renewable Energy (SPARE) 2009 Professional Development Conference for Agricultural Educators. June 20-24, 2009 at the Oswegatchie Education Center in Croghan, New York |
| Previous Semesters |
RENG 305 - Renewable Energy
Systems (Fall 2008) RENG 102 - Renewable Energy Resources (Spring 2008) |
| Outreach Materials: | Woodgas Camp Stoves ("How to build your own...") | |
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| Download stove instructions (PDF <1MB) |
| Demonstration & Research | |
| Ongoing Projects: |
Production of On-farm Lipid Oil and Meal Supplement from Algae
(NYFVI) On-farm wind energy: MSC's 10 kW Bergey Excel wind turbine Combined Heat & Power via manure-to-biogas: MSC's anaerobic digester Demonstration of an aquaponics Controlled Environmental Agriculture System for Commercial Production of Locally-grown Fish and Produce (NYSERDA) |
| Research Interests: | Biofuels, Biomass, Gasification, Biodiesel, Vegetation Management,... |
MSC's Renewable Energy
Links
Anaerobic Digester | NY
Center
for Liquid Biofuels
| Wind Turbine
| Weather Station|
Morrisville
Weather
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Renewable Energy Training Center
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Web site
maintained by
Dr.
Benjamin D. Ballard, Assistant Professor,
Morrisville State College. |