
Location: South Dakota Annual Energy: 205,000 MWh of wind energy BU purchases electricity from 48.6 MW of wind generation capacity annually through a 15-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with ENGIE North America. The University will receive and retire the associated 205,000 Green-e Certified. . The University Climate Action Plan Task Force’s PPA recommendation developed eight important criteria to be met: 1. New renewable energy 2. Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) 3..

The U.S. Department of Energy and ARPA-E awarded $151 million in funds on October 26, 2009 for 37 energy research projects. It supported technologies for , , , , and . The grants also supported technologies, including and for , devices for ,