Grand opening of UOIT's one-of-a-kind Clean Energy Research Laboratory
August 31, 2010
OSHAWA, ON - Journalists are invited to join the Honourable Brad Duguid, Ontario Minister of Energy, as he attends the official opening of the University of Ontario Institute of Technology's (UOIT) new Clean Energy Research Laboratory (CERL), a multi-million dollar lab unlike any other in the world.
CERL will house the first lab-scale demonstration of a copper-chlorine cycle for thermochemical water splitting and nuclear hydrogen production. Hydrogen is a clean energy carrier of the future and potentially a major solution to the problem of climate change.
Among those joining Minister Duguid for this important event will be Dr. Ronald Bordessa, UOIT president and vice-chancellor; Dr. Richard Marceau, provost and vice-president, Academic; Dr. Greg Naterer, associate dean, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science and Canada Research Chair in Advanced Energy Systems; and Wayne Arthurs, MPP for Pickering-Scarborough East.
The CERL celebration also includes a salute from the famous Canadian Snowbirds Demonstration Team which will stage a fly-by during the opening ceremonies.
Short guided tours of the lab will be available in small groups following the presentation inside CERL.
When:
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
1:30 p.m.
Where:
Clean Energy Research Laboratory
90 Founders Drive (click for campus map)
University of Ontario Institute of Technology
North Oshawa campus
Parking:
Enter off of Conlin Road and proceed to the Founders 3 parking lot.
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Media contact
Melissa Levy
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Ontario Tech University
905.721.8668 ext. 2513
289.928.0268
melissa.levy@uoit.ca
