CITIZEN POWER ALLIANCE

DURHAM — Nearly 50 scientists, industry experts and policymakers from around the region will share the latest innovations in alternative energy at the first University of New Hampshire Energy Conference, which will take place June 20 and 21 in UNH's Kingsbury Hall.

The conference, which is free and open to the public, marks the launch of UNH's energy laboratory, which is bringing together energy researchers from around the university. ONLINE

www.ece.unh.edu/energy_conference/

UNH electrical engineering professor Gordon Kraft notes that while some presentations will cover cutting-edge technologies and up-to-the-minute research, most will be accessible to a broad public, including school science students and their teachers. Researchers from UNH as well as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a variety of industries will present on a range of alternative power-generation technologies, including wind, solar, geothermal, tidal and ocean wave, and biofuels.

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