Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Solar Power - Mothers turn into solar power engineers




The solar energy engineering sector in the country is five experts richer. The five barefoot solar sisters are back, after six-months of training in India. The five grannies from the county of Narok trained at the barefoot college of India, courtesy of Base Camp Foundation of Kenya



In the News:




Applied Physicist, Materials Scientist and Entrepreneur Dr. John A. Rogers ...
Business Wire (press release)
Recognizing sustainable energy as another dominant societal challenge, Rogers delved into photovoltaics, the direct conversion of light into electricity. To commercialize his technology, which makes solar power more economically viable in sunny, ...

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RenewableEnergyWorld.com

The Dangers of Energy Generation
RenewableEnergyWorld.com
For solar, a panel loosened in a severe wind storm might turn into a projectile, but its danger, too, is limited and quick. It could hurt a nearby car, structure or a person, but that is the end of the destruction. More than wind, snow has become a ...

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New York Times (blog)

A Look Back at the Space Shuttle
New York Times (blog)
We provide power to the Russian side—our solar rays generate power, and provide it to the Russian side. And they do propulsion for us on the space station. So when you ask me about transportation, it's not different than all these other dependencies I ...

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Saturday, June 11: LURC, security and the climate
Bangor Daily News
Biofuels: If we could turn Maine's entire annual tree growth into hydrocarbons, we would still be unable to meet our current use of petroleum fuels. The Department of Chemical Engineering's work is, however, very useful and could create “value added” ...

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ASME's 2011 Innovation Showcase Celebrates Student Invention and ...
Newswise (press release)
City Tech SniffBot is a robot that employs sensors to detect chemicals. It features a solar power backup system that can adjust the tilting angle of the solar panel according to changing movements of the light source. Presented as a new and more ...

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