Making A Difference: OLPC Laptops, Solar Power, & Wireless Internet in Kenya

Have UCC students figured out a viable, sustainable and duplicatable model for Internet delivery at schools in the developing world? Watch this video and find out! In March, four UCC students (Derek Chan, Amal Chandaria, Connor Cimowsky and Adam Gordon)… Continue Reading

What do you think about California's new solar power projects?

The Department of Interior today announced final approval of two large solar energy projects in southern California that will produce 754 megawatts of clean renewable energy to power more than a quarter million homes and create almost 300 permanent jobs… Continue Reading

Energy Towers Power & Water – Introductory Overview.mpg

A 5-minute 40-second overview of the Energy Towers technology. Developed at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology by Prof. Dan Zaslavsky, this is the most cost-effective technology for supplying zero-emission electricity from renewable sources. Electricity can be produced more cheaply than… Continue Reading

Are there really knowledgeble adults here in Yahoo/Answers to imagine how the U.S. could detox itself from its

addiction to OIL, if the U.S. took all that money being spent in Iraq and fund the concentrated research and development of solar, wind, and other renewable power sources? Please stop and think about it, billions and billions of dollars.

Energy 101: Concentrating Solar Power

From towers to dishes to linear mirrors to troughs, concentrating solar power (CSP) technologies reflect and collect solar heat to generate electricity. A single CSP plant can generate enough power for about 90000 homes. This video explains what CSP is,… Continue Reading

Oregon first to have solar highway

This video shows the Aug. 7, 2008 press conference where Governor Kulongoski announced Oregon is installing the nation’s first solar demonstration project in a highway right of way, moving the state a step further in its role as a leader… Continue Reading