Sept. 7, 2022
Media Advisory: UArizona to unveil new interactive display highlighting clean energy
- What: University of Arizona and Tucson Electric Power leaders will speak at the unveiling a new interactive display on campus highlighting the university's Large-Scale Renewable Energy agreement with TEP.
- When: Friday, Sept. 9, 10 a.m.
- Where: South entrance to the Student Union Memorial Center, 1303 E. University Blvd.
- RSVP: To RSVP for the event, email Nick Prevenas, nprevenas@arizona.edu.
TUCSON, Ariz. – Tucson-based Creative Machines has built and installed a new interactive display on the University of Arizona to highlight the clean energy partnership between the university and Tucson Electric Power.
The installation demonstrates how clean energy is generated from TEP's Wilmot Energy Center solar-plus-storage system south of Tucson and its Oso Grande Wind farm in southeast New Mexico, and how it flows to the UArizona main campus.
It serves as a visual representation of the Large Scale Renewable Energy agreement between the university and TEP, which began in July 2021. The agreement will reduce UArizona's carbon footprint by one-third and save the university millions of dollars over the agreement's 20-year life. The agreement provides clean, renewable energy that eliminates all scope two emissions – those that result from the generation of electricity, heat or steam purchased from a utility.
Event speakers include:
- Robert C. Robbins, University of Arizona president
- Trevor Ledbetter, UArizona Office of Sustainability director
- Susan Gray, Tucson Electric Power CEO
- Erik Bakken, Tucson Electric Power vice president of system operations and energy resources
- Joe O'Connell, Creative Machines founder, president and artistic director
- Adan Banuelos, Creative Machines designer
Media contact:
University Communications
520-626-9422
media_requests@list.arizona.edu
The University of Arizona, a land-grant university with two independently accredited medical schools, is one of the nation's top 50 public universities, according to U.S. News & World Report. Established in 1885, the university is widely recognized as a student-centric university and has been designated as a Hispanic Serving Institution by the U.S. Department of Education. The university ranked in the top 20 in 2020 in research expenditures among all public universities, according to the National Science Foundation, and is a leading Research 1 institution with $761 million in annual research expenditures. The university advances the frontiers of interdisciplinary scholarship and entrepreneurial partnerships as a member of the Association of American Universities, the 66 leading public and private research universities in the U.S. It benefits the state with an estimated economic impact of $4.1 billion annually. For the latest on the University of Arizona response to the novel coronavirus, visit the university's COVID-19 webpage.