upcoming events
Beyond Cape Wind: The Challenge of Siting Renewable Energy Facilities
Wednesday, Dec. 2, 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
Betty Ford Classroom, 1110 Weill Hall
Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
University of Michigan
735 S. State Street, Ann Arbor
Speaker: Robert Whitcomb, Vice President and Editorial Page Editor, Providence Journal
Mr. Whitcomb, co-author of the book “Cape Wind: Celebrity, Energy, Class, Politics, and a Valiant Battle for Unobstructed Ocean Views on Nantucket Sound” will discuss the controversial “Cape Wind” off- shore wind farm project in Nantucket Sound.
Panel discussants Matthew Wagner and Sally Churchill will follow up by discussing the challenges of siting wind turbine facilities in Michigan. Lessons learned by the Cape Wind project can help efforts to increase the use of wind energy as an alternate energy source in Michigan.
Free and open to the public.
Sponsored by the University of Michigan Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP), the University of Michigan Program in the Environment (PitE), and the University of Michigan Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
For more information visit http://closup.umich.edu/events/seminars/misc/wind-energy-panel/
Design And Control Of Hybrid Vehicles
Dec. 7 - 9
University of Michigan
University of Michigan's Zoran Filipi and Huei Peng will offer a professional short course on the integration of the hybrid vehicle and how systems work together. It is unique because of its focus on modeling and control instead of hardware components. The design method has many other vehicle powertrain applications in addition to hybrids. This dynamic method has been used in designing six different concept vehicles over the last eight years.
To learn more and to registar for this course visit InterPro.engin.umich.edu