Energy and Environmental Research Center
{{Short description|Research center in the United States}}
{{Infobox institute
| name = Energy & Environmental Research Center
| image = EERC logo tag black.png
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| established = {{start date|1951}}
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| head_label = Director {{cite web |url=http://blogs.und.edu/und-today/2019/07/gorecki-selected-to-lead-und-eerc/|publisher=University of North Dakota |title=Gorecki selected to lead UND EERC|access-date=July 9, 2019}}
| head = Charles Gorecki
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| staff = 270
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| location = Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States
| address = 15 North 23rd Street, Stop 9018
Grand Forks, ND 58202
| website = www.undeerc.org
}}
The Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) is a research, development, demonstration, and commercialization facility for energy and environment technologies development. The center is a nonprofit division of the University of North Dakota, located in Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States.
History
The center was founded in 1951 as the Robertson Lignite Research Laboratory, a federal facility under the United States Bureau of Mines, named after Charles R. Robertson.{{cite news|title=Lignite Lab to Open |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36090743/charles_r_robertson_18871951/ |newspaper=St. Cloud Times |date=July 26, 1951 |page=20 |via = Newspapers.com |access-date = September 18, 2019}} {{Open access}} It became a federal energy technology center under the United States Department of Energy in 1977 and was defederalized in 1983. The center employs approximately 270 employees.{{cite web |url=http://www.grandforksherald.com/content/stake-firing-eerc-leader-major-employer-and-912-million-economic-impact |publisher=Grand Forks Herald |title=Economic Impact |access-date=June 17, 2014 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304192405/http://www.grandforksherald.com/content/stake-firing-eerc-leader-major-employer-and-912-million-economic-impact |url-status=dead }}
The EERC has a current contract portfolio of over $208.4 million and the EERC's estimated regional economic impact is $78.1 million. Since 1987, the EERC has had more than 1,300 clients in 50 states and 53 countries worldwide.
Research
The EERC conducts research, development, demonstration, and commercialization activities involving zero-emissions coal conversion; CO2 capture and sequestration; energy and water sustainability; hydrogen and fuel cells; advanced air emission control technologies, emphasizing SOx, NOx, air toxics, fine particulate, CO2, and mercury control; renewable energy; wind energy; water management; flood prevention; global climate change; waste utilization; energy efficiency; and contaminant cleanup.{{citation needed|date=January 2013}}
Location and facilities
The EERC is located on more than {{convert|15|acre|m2}} of land on the southeast corner of the UND campus in Grand Forks, North Dakota, and houses {{convert|254000|sqft|m2}} of laboratories, fabrication facilities, technology demonstration facilities, and offices.{{cite web |url=http://www.eerc.und.nodak.edu/Explore/Map-and-Directions.aspx |publisher=Energy and Environmental Research Center |title=Map and Directions |access-date=January 16, 2013}}
Notes
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.undeerc.org/}}
- [https://blog.undeerc.org/ EERC Solutions Blog]
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