OSU Admissions Blog » SunShot Initiative http://oregonstate.edu/admissions/blog The blog of Oregon State University's Office of Admissions Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:11:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 OSU Wins New Research Grant http://oregonstate.edu/admissions/blog/2012/06/26/osu-wins-new-research-grant/ http://oregonstate.edu/admissions/blog/2012/06/26/osu-wins-new-research-grant/#comments Tue, 26 Jun 2012 20:46:53 +0000 Blake http://oregonstate.edu/admissions/blog/?p=4974 On Wednesday, June 13, at the SunShot Summit and Technology Forum in Denver, Oregon State University won an exciting $800,000 grant for concentrated solar energy research! The grant was awarded by the U.S. Energy Department and the money is part of the SunShot Initiative of President Obama and it’s goal is to promote renewable energy. In order to advance concentrating solar power technologies, OSU uses mirrors to magnify the impact of the sun’s rays.  

-BM

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