Former Colorado Governor Bill Ritter is moving on to Colorado State University where he will head a new national policy center focused on building the new energy economy. CSU President Tony Frank says the Center for the New Energy Economy will help build essential partnerships around research-based clean energy solutions, workforce development and advancement of technologies that will fuel long-term, sustainable economic growth.
"Clean and renewable energy is a new economic frontier, and it's important for our country that we continue to position ourselves as leaders in this emerging economy," Frank said.
The Center for the New Energy Economy will operate within Colorado State University's School of Global Environmental Sustainability and will serve as a national leader in facilitating science-based policy, research and education to support the growth of the new energy economy.
"The Center will serve as a national leader as we move toward a future in which our children will produce and consume energy far differently than we do today," Ritter said. "This new Center will help address three key challenges: economic security, energy security and environmental security."
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