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Richland Community College BioEnergy Program

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1052185· OSTI ID:1052185
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  1. Richland Community College, Decatur, IL (United States); RIchland Community College
The purpose of this project was to focus on education and community outreach. As such, it reflected anticipated growth in the renewable/alternative energy industry creating a vast need for trained industry professionals, engineers, operations managers, and technicians to operate state-of-the art production facilities. This project's scope leveraged Richland's initial entry in the renewable energy education, which included Associate of Applied Science degrees and certificates in biofuels and bioprocessing. This facilitated establishing a more comprehensive sustainability and renewable energy programs including experiential learning laboratory components needed to support new renewable energy education degree and certificate specialties, as well as community outreach. Renewable energy technologies addressed included: a) biodiesel, c) biomass, d) wind, e) geothermal, and f) solar. The objective is to provide increasingly innovative hands on experiential learning and knowledge transfer opportunities.
Research Organization:
Richland Community College, Decatur, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
DOE Contract Number:
EE0003140
OSTI ID:
1052185
Report Number(s):
EE0003140/CFDA81.117
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English