Home to energy-sector entrepreneurs, multi-national corporations, investment capital resources and leading researchers, the Greater Philadelphia Region is becoming the nexus of the mid-atlantic energy hub...POWER VALLEY. The vision for POWER VALLEY is one that seeks to leverage and develop those assets, and position our region to be competitive for public and private investments to grow our economy.

Anchoring this vision are the unique assets resident at the Philadelphia Navy Yard Clean Energy Campus & the emerging concentration of assets at the Bucks County's Bridge Development Center, in the areas of: distributed power production & management, sustainable building systems development & smart grid development. The goal is to catalyze the development of a critical mass of investment & development by supporting & linking the following:

• Collaborative research & development opportunities in alternative power production & management including sustainable production, distribution, storage, & micro-grid control systems & technologies; integrating these developments with other, relevant technology sector initiatives for maximum impact.


• Advanced prototyping, demonstration, & utilization of alternative energy technologies & systems in both controlled & real-world learning-environments.


• Educational development & knowledge sharing directed at the creation & dissemination of advanced curricula & programs for scientific, engineering, & technical education & training at the two-year, four-year, graduate & post- graduated levels


• Technology & Business Incubation using world-class expertise in power management systems engineering, technology commercialization, & manufacturing production with access one-of-a-kind power management & distribution research, test, & demonstration facilities.