Illinois Institute of Technology hosts Chicago/Midwest Renewable Energy Workshop June 14 – 15, 2001
Gas prices are rising, electricity is sketchy (in California, but it could spread!) and global warming is a largely accepted theory. In this environment of increasing energy costs, several small companies have taken off with the promise of delivering renewable energy from sources like the wind, sun and even waves.
Several of these companies, along with academics in renewable energy and representatives from Chicago’s Department of the Environment, will get together to discuss and formulate strategies to deal with the considerable barriers facing renewable energies at the Chicago/Midwest Renewable Energy Workshop taking place at Illinois Institute of Technology, June 14 –15.
“We decided to hold the workshop because here in Chicago, and the Midwest, there are many companies interested in renewable energy, and by bringing them all together, we can discuss ways to synergize our efforts and share ideas,” says Said Alhallaj, associate research professor of chemical and environmental engineering at IIT and the main organizer of the event.
Among the companies that will present at the workshop are Turbodynamx, a Chicago-based wind energy generation company and Proton Energy Systems.
The City of Chicago is a major sponsor of the event and hopes that Chicago will become an example of a city that supports renewable energy to its fullest. Other sponsors include the Illinois Department of Environment, BP, Turbodynamx, Chicago Manufacturing Center, Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs. Exelon, Proton Energy. For more information on the Chicago/Midwest Renewable Energy workshop and to see a complete list os speakers, go to http://www.iitcare.org.
Founded in 1890, IIT is a Ph.D.-granting technological university awarding degrees in the sciences, mathematics and engineering, as well as architecture, psychology, design, business and law. IIT’s interprofessional, technology-focused curriculum prepares the university’s 6,200 students for leadership roles in an increasingly complex and culturally diverse global workplace.
