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Diagrams of NEC and Labs
Building Layout
Site Plan
Lab Details
NE Lab Layout
NextEnergy Lab Space Description
| Lab Size: |
2,251 square feet, 5'1'-11.5" x 43'-4" High Bay Space |
| Lab Features: |
Electricity (Single and 3 Phase)
Utilities (HVAC, Natural Gas, Compressed Air, Water)
8” Reinforced Concrete Floor, Overhead Door Access |
| Amenities: |
5 Parking Spaces, NEC Showroom |
NextEnergy Center Lab
NextEnergy Center Lab
NextEnergy Center Lab
NextEnergy Center Lab
What is Unique about the NextEnergy Center?
The NextEnergy Center is the Michigan headquarters of NextEnergy, a 45,000 sq. ft. business convergence facility located in TechTown (Detroit's Entrepreneurial High-Tech Village).
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18,400 sq. ft. accelerator laboratory
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State-of-the-art training rooms
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80-seat auditorium
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Demonstration/exhibition space
NextEnergy Center
Flexible lab/education format accommodates diverse needs for research, development, engineering and prototyping. Services provided include:
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Business attraction and acceleration
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Collaborative research, development and technology validation support
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Technical consulting and program management
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Education programs
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Energy policy support
NextEnergy Center
Microgrid Power Pavilion
Enables AET system integration through a world class test and validation platform, for use by technology system developers, integrators and technicians.
The Pavilion includes test bays for the application and integration of on-site electrical power and thermal energy generation technologies, including:
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Fuel cells, internal and external combustion engine generators and renewable power systems
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Thermal recovery and distribution (hot and chilled water systems)
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Advanced communications and controls
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Multiple fuel sources (natural gas, hydrogen, bio and synthetic fuels)
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Modular design and construction provides cost effective installation and operation
Microgrid Power Pavilion
Alternative Fuel Testing Platform
For advancing the development and application of hydrogen, natural gas, bio and synthetic fuels:
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Test bays for validating and demonstrating emerging on-site hydrogen production systems in a real-world environment, from multiple feed stocks and end use applications
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Fully integrated into the Microgrid to provide a comprehensive "system of systems" approach for the advancement of alternative fuel and power generation technologies
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Separate fuel distribution and dispensing system for alternative fueled vehicle applications
The NextEnergy Center will demonstrate the workability of AET in an urban location where challenges and rewards are highest.
NextEnergy Center Auditorium
NextEnergy Center Showroom
NextEnergy Center Meeting Room
Current NextEnergy Accelerator Lab Tenants:
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Biomass Energy Solutions, a developer of waste-to-energy technologies
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Concurrent Technologies Inc. CTC: independent, nonprofit, applied research and development professional services organization.
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NanoScience Engineering Corporation, an innovator in nanomaterials
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National Biofuel Energy Lab, a consortium conducting biofuels research. Partners include NextEnergy, Wayne State University, Delphi Research Labs, Daimler Chrysler, Robert Bosch, Biodiesel Industries & the US Army.
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NEXTEK Power Systems, the manufacturer of the Power Gateway, a patented ‘router for power’ for DC networks
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REB Research & Consulting, a developer of hydrogen purifiers and membrane reactors for fuel cell systems
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Select Engineering Services, with their headquarters in Odgen, Utah and an office at the NextEnergy Center in Detroit, provides technology solutions to challenges in engineering, acquisition, logistics, maintenance/repair, and program management in Department of Defense and other government agencies. NextEnergy will work closely with SES on several programs, including the DOD Design Engineering Support Program (DESP-II)
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Southwest Research Institute, a major, nationally recognized, independent, nonprofit organization (with 11 technical divisions) dedicated to applied research, development and technology transfer in the engineering and the physical sciences. Working with their lab here in Detroit, NextEnergy intends to focus on joint programs such as alternative energy, alternative fuels and in the vehicles of the future
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Titan Energy Development, a developer of emergency vehicles supplying supplemental power, potable water, satellite communications, and clean air
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