Battery Innovation Center Set to Open
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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowState, regional and local officials are set to cut the ribbon Friday on the more than $15 million Battery Innovation Center in southern Indiana. The Indianapolis-based Energy Systems Network, which launched the WestGate@Crane Technology Park facility, says a dozen organizations are slated to conduct research and development initiatives at the BIC. August 29, 2013
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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – After nearly a year of construction, the $15.6 million Battery Innovation Center (BIC), launched by Energy Systems Network (ESN) in 2012, is complete and open for business at WestGate@Crane Technology Park adjacent to Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Crane. A dozen corporate members will soon begin battery research and development projects at the BIC, including: AeroVironment, Concurrent Technologies Corporation (CTC), EaglePicher, Eaton Corporation, Ivy Tech Community College, MEGTEC, Penn State University, Purdue University, Renewz, Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), Stimulus Engineering, and Technical Services Corporation (TSC).
WHO:
-Indiana Lt. Governor Sue Ellspermann
-Congressman Larry Bucshon (8th District)
-Charles LaSota, president, Battery Innovation Center
-Colonel Alan Pratt, Commander of NSWC Crane
-Don Schulte, director, WestGate
-Becky Skillman, director, Radius Indiana
-Paul Mitchell, president and CEO, Energy Systems Network
WHEN: Friday, August 30, 2013 – 11a.m. (EDT)
WHERE: WestGate Academy: 13598 East WestGate Drive, Odon, IN 47562
Directions are on the WestGate Academy website. Public parking is available on site. Buses will be provided to move from the WestGate Academy to the BIC lab for the facility tour.
Source: Energy Systems Network