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A signature program of the University of Minnesota’s INSTITUTE ON THE ENVIRONMENT, IREE seeks out the most promising new renewable energy ideas and distributes funding from Xcel Energy’s Renewable Development Fund to provide them with the resources needed to bring them to life.
IREE is a central part of Minnesota’s renewable energy economy, mobilizing more than 400 experts around one vital mission: To promote statewide economic development, sustainable and healthy ecosystems, and national energy security through development of bio‐based and other renewable resources and processes. Learn more
During the 2003 legislative session, the Minnesota Legislature directed portions of the Xcel Energy Renewable Development Fund and Conservation Improvement Program to IREE for renewable energy research and demonstration. During the 2007 session the Minnesota state legislature reauthorized funding to IREE. Learn more
Five Initiative for Renewable Energy and the Environment researchers give a behind-the-scenes tour of their IREE funded renewable energy research. Watch at YouTube
IREE communicates advancements in technology, publications in international science journals and highlights events around IREE-funded renewable energy projects.
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IREE seeks out and supports innovative renewable energy and environmental research and demonstration projects at the University of Minnesota.
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IREE connects researchers and their projects to business and industry, nonprofit organizations, government agencies and fellow academic researchers.
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