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The Green Energy Intellectual Capital Investment Fund would use private and state monies
to develop and expand clean technology and renewable energy programs at SUNY campuses.
This initiative includes plans to buy and upgrade equipment and hire new faculty and staff.
START-UP NY clean technology and renewable energy businesses that locate on or near
SUNY campuses would be required to pay a percentage of the cost to create and expand
campus renewable energy programs. That investment would be matched by the state.
In return, campuses would be required to create a set number of new renewable energy
courseswithout impacting current course offerings. Campuses would use the public/private
funds to buy new equipment, upgrade old infrastructure and hire needed faculty and
professional staff. Equipment and infrastructure upgrades would become property of the
campuses and designated for use by students and START-UP NY companies.
By working with START-UP NY companies, the program would provide students with
hands-on learning opportunities with a renewable energy company.
The initiative would also create a pipeline of SUNY students prepared to enter
renewable energy fields.
SUNY campuses with renewable energy programs
Several of SUNYs Tech Sector campuses offer programs related to renewable energy:
SUNY Alfred: Biological science
SUNY Canton: Alternative and renewable energy systems
SUNY Cobleskill: Environmental and energy technologies
SUNY Delhi: Integrated energy systems
SUNY Morrisville: Renewable energy technology
Campuses such as SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) and
SUNY Farmingdale, which have traditionally been considered tech sector, though
not categorized that way by the state, also have renewable energy-related initiatives:
ESF: SUNY Center for Sustainable and Renewable Energy
Farmingdale: Renewable Energy and Sustainability Center