A solar installer whose headquarters has its own sun-powered system and the largest solar farm in Ohio, which covers an area equal to some 80 football fields, are two of the highlights of the 2015 Renewable Energy Workshop. The event, which CFAES is sponsoring, is Nov. 4 in Carey in northwest Ohio. Read more here. Download the flier and registration form here. (Photo: PSEG solar farm in Wyandot County by Ken Chamberlain, CFAES Marketing and Communications.)
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Nov. 25: Making bio-based products from lignocellulosic biomass
The University of Toledo’s Patricia Relue speaks on “Bio-Based Products from Lignocellulosic Biomass: Sugars to Platform Molecules” from 1:50-2:45 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 25, in the autumn seminar series by CFAES’s Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering. Relue is professor and undergraduate program director in Toledo’s Department of Bioengineering. Attend in 219 Agricultural Engineering Building, 590 Woody Hayes Drive, on Ohio State’s Columbus campus; or in 108 (Old) Administration Building at CFAES’s research arm, OARDC, 1680 Madison Ave., Wooster. Details: hadlocon.1@osu.edu.
Nov. 12 forecast: Sunny. Windy. Anaerobic digestively
Experts from industry and academia will share their expertise on emerging green energy opportunities during a daylong workshop to be held Nov. 12 at CFAES’s research arm in Wooster, OARDC. Press release here. Event flier with agenda and registration form here. There’s a discount for early registration (by Nov. 4) and for students. (Photo: iStock.)