The Powerhouse Energy Campus
The Powerhouse is one of the largest freestanding university-based energy research and entrepreneurship facility in the United States.
Located north of Old Town Fort Collins, the state-of-the-art, 100,000-square-foot facility serves as the Energy Institute’s headquarters, primary research facility, and cleantech entrepreneurship hub.
Labs within the Powerhouse include areas focused on studying the integration of intermittent renewable resources onto electric grids, evaluating microgrid components, testing photovoltaic devices for solar power, testing large-scale engines, researching indoor air quality, and testing hydrogen and electric vehicles.
Labs and research groups located in the Powerhouse Energy Campus:
- Adaptive Robotics Laboratory
- Aerosol Science Laboratory
- Aerospace Propulsion and Diagnostics Laboratory
- Applied Engineering Research for Indoor Environments
- APEX (AI for Physics and Engineering eXploration) Lab
- BlueGreen Decisions Lab
- CALE Research Group
- Center for Laser Sensing and Diagnostics
- Chemical Energy Conversion Laboratory
- Computational Aeromechanics Group
- Energy Biotechnology Lab
- Engines and Energy Conversion Lab
- Grid Modernization Initiative
- Herber Research Group
- Human Systems Laboratory
- Laboratory for Aerosol Studies from Sources to Impacts
- Laboratory for Air Quality Research
- Methane Emissions Technology Evaluation Center
- Rapid Prototyping and Applied Engineering Lab
- REACH CoLab
- Renewable Energy Conversion and Storage Lab
- Risk, Reliability, and Resiliency Characterization Lab
- Smart Power Energy Laboratory
- Sustainability Research Laboratory
- Volckens Research Group
Tours of the Powerhouse Energy Campus are free and available for individuals and groups. Schedule your tour now.