Minnesota State Mankato named one of three U.S. academic partners in new International Renewable Energy Institute

Minnesota State Mankato has been named the Minnesota academic partner in a new, international renewable energy institute that will facilitate an exchange of ideas and technology between Sweden and the United States.

The College of Science, Engineering & Technology was named recently as Minnesota headquarters and one of three higher education partners in the new International Renewable Energy Technology Institute. The institute was created by Sweden to collaborate with the United States on new renewable-energy technologies.

The institute will consist of a nonprofit academic entity and a for-profit branch that will move technology between states and countries. Minnesota State Mankato will host the nonprofit academic consortium in Minnesota – one of three partner-states in the institute.

New York (represented by the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering of the State University of New York at Albany) and Georgia (represented by the Georgia Institute of Technology) also were selected to join the organization.

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