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The UK Center for Applied Energy Research (CAER) has received a $1.6 million U.S. Department of Energy grant to develop an innovative partnership in Hazard, Kentucky, that could serve as a model for future energy projects in rural Eastern Kentucky communities.

The Lee T. Todd Jr. Student Innovation Award will provide undergraduate student entrepreneurs with an opportunity to develop their ideas alongside UK Center for Applied Energy Research scientists and engineers in a collaborative environment.

UK researchers participating in a DOE funded multi-institutional center (BETCy Energy Frontier Research Center) have discovered a groundbreaking process that allows them to harness energy from chemical reactions that previously dismissed as unusable.

Kenneth Graham, assistant professor of chemistry, has received a $750,000 CAREER Award from the Department of Energy. This award supports the development of individual research programs of outstanding scientists early in their careers and stimulates research programs in the disciplines supported by the DOE Office of Science.

Weisenberger Mill, UK's CAER, and Shaker Landing Hydro Associates have teamed up to pilot test the first variable-speed generator in U.S. hydroelectric plant.

Kinloch, Weisenberger Mill, and UK CAER have partnered together to adapt variable speed hydroelectric generators...

Courtney McKelphin and Ben Childress share their stories of why they got involved in research and what they gained from the experience.

CAER researchers are using bourbon stillage to create energy-dense batteries.

Undergraduate researcher Courtney McKelphin is part of the Kentucky NSF EPSCoR Research Scholars Program.

This one hour documentary explores issues Kentucky faces in energy and economics.