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Energy Collaborative

Research

NC State is a leader in public-private energy research collaborations to address the toughest global energy challenges.

Powerful Partnerships

NC State is a preeminent research enterprise with extensive partnerships with businesses, industry and government.

This collaborative atmosphere provides the means, the foundation and the impetus to engage students, faculty and private industry to test ideas and facilitate a solutions-based approach to create economic, societal and intellectual prosperity.

Be it nuclear energy infrastructure, transportation, renewable, clean energy or wide bandgap semiconductor technologies, the centers and institutes at NC State University are the catalysts for real-world solutions.

Energy-Related Centers and Institutes at nc state

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NC Clean Energy Technology Center

As the premier clean energy center of knowledge in the United States, NCCETC provides services to the citizens and businesses of North Carolina to advance the adoption of clean energy technologies.

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FREEDM Systems Center

At the Future Renewable Electric Energy Delivery and Management (FREEDM) Systems Engineering Research Center, a more secure and sustainable electric grid of tomorrow is under development today.

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Center for Environmental and Resource Economic Policy

CEnREP advances environmental solutions by providing leadership in research, outreach and training of the next generation of environmental economists.

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Center for Nuclear Energy Facilities and Structures

CNEFS performs research for problems in nuclear energy-related facilities and transfers this technology to industry.

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Institute for Transportation Research and Education

ITRE is committed to making transportation safer, more equitable and more accessible for all through surface and air transportation research.

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Nuclear Reactor Program

The Nuclear Reactor Program administers the PULSTAR Reactor and associated instrumentation as a User Facility.

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PowerAmerica Institute

PowerAmerica, a proud member of Manufacturing USA, brings together the brightest minds in the wide bandgap (WBG) semiconductor world.

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