About the Forums

	Click links at right to view photos, news articles and/or videos from each forum. Please join us in Orangeburg on September 9 for the final forum in our energy series.

The College of Engineering and Computing (CEC) at the University of South Carolina is actively seeking solutions to our energy needs. Research in all areas of engineering has put the CEC at the center of work on new technologies to ensure that South Carolina will have cleaner and more secure sources of energy than we now have.

Our energy resources in the years ahead will draw from multiple different materials and technologies. Coal, nuclear and hydroelectric will probably be accompanied by solar, wind, ethanol, hydrogen, biomass and other forms. As South Carolina looks ahead to our energy future, it makes sense to learn and discuss the ways that these different forms might each have a role in our energy future.

The College of Engineering and Computing is presenting a series of Forums on our Energy Future. The role of nuclear energy will be described and discussed in the first Forum, followed by Forums dedicated to coal, hydrogen, renewables, and energy conservation, respectively.

In each Forum, a representative for one kind of energy will make the case for its future, and a second speaker will give a response. Environmental and consumer interests will also have voices in these forums.

As a result of this series of forums, CEC will show the people of South Carolina that we face difficult decisions ahead, that our decisions need to be informed by good science, and that the University of South Carolina has both the imagination and leadership for our energy future.

The Forums on our Energy Future will take place in different parts of the state. See Events list for dates, topics, and locations.