AIRE MISSION

-Research and develop reliable, affordable, renewable energy sources and storage. Special attention is paid to those technologies suitable for commercialization in the Southwest United States. 

-Provide a focal point for prototype and systems analysis for these renewable energy sources.

-Provide curricula to undergraduates and graduates appropriate in this area, including social, economic, and policy focuses, and it will work with the local high schools to involve students at this level

-Focus on four renewable energy research areas bioenergy, photovoltaics, fuel cell/energy storage, and energy system testing, which form the intellectual focus for overlapping centers in each area.