Syracuse Center of Excellence research explores new opportunities for renewable and clean energy
Syracuse University is also supporting sustainability through the research and development activities of the Syracuse Center of Excellence (COE) in Environmental and Energy Systems (www.syracusecoe.org, a federation of collaborative partners focused on creating new technologies for buildings and urban communities. The Syracuse COE is led by SU and includes contributions from more than 70 academic and industry partners.

The Syracuse COE's current projects focused on renewable and clean energy include:

evaluation of opportunities to use woody biomass for combined production of heating, cooling and electric power (conducted by Syracuse University);
development of a process to produce ethanol from woody biomass (conducted by the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry);
development of systems for dairy farms that produce electric power using cow manure (conducted by Cornell University); and
development of small wind turbines (conducted by Clarkson University).
Commercial firms engaged with academic partners in the Syracuse COE include Northeast Biofuels, Empire Biofuels, Lionsdale, Fuel Cell Energy and Terra Solar.