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Formed to further the “green energy” movement, Tech-Owls in Action (TOA) is Oregon Tech’s Renewable Energy Club. I find myself in good company with peers who are eager to do their parts in engineering clean energy solutions to the world’s energy problems. During the first term at Oregon Tech’s new, consolidated Wilsonville campus, TOA [...]
Today, I have a special reward for everyone who has participated in my Clean Energy Workshops to this point. I offer an in-depth peek into the world of signal generation. To recap, we first built a Mini – Wind Turbine that generated alternating current (AC) power. Next, we took it upon ourselves to harness solar [...]
Hands-on Solar
The solar industry is healthy and thriving! Just as traditional polycrystalline photovoltaics (PV) begin to take root in American homes, a plethora of new solar ideas flood research labs. Scientists around the world have been working tirelessly to increase the efficiency of, and integrate new materials into, photovoltaic solar cells. Some interesting products have come [...]
Quicklink to “Wedge Game”
If you are worried about climate change and have been involved in the discussion, this picture may look familiar. Here (below) is a graph of our expected carbon emission path vs. a sustainable path. The gap between the two, I admit, is quite intimidating. It is possible to bridge the two and [...]
The idea of using algae as a photo-bioreactor certainly isn’t new. For decades, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) scientists have been studying algae as a natural mechanism for producing clean water and oxygen. Latin for “seaweed” algae are a large and diverse group of plantlike single-cellular organisms. Algae contain chlorophyll and can manufacture [...]
I would like to pay homage to a catalyst of change. To a city that will be the model for all new cities world-wide. To a city dedicated to 0 wastes, 0 carbon emissions, and being 100% fossil fuel free. Masdar City is a $22 billion renewable energy metropolis currently under construction in the United [...]
Photovoltaic (PV) panels are made of a semi-conductive material, primarily silicon, which generates electrical power by converting solar energy into an electrical current. Photovoltaics are a particularly important step in a national motion toward clean-energy production. Perhaps just as important, photovoltaic panels also provide a path away from commercial power production. With clean energy incentives [...]
Solid-Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFC)
Fuel Cells are simple mechanisms specifically designed to draw electricity from chemical conversion. They are being widely studied for their ability to generate electricity in static, mobile, and even remote locations. A variety of fuel cell types have been developed since their advent over 170 years ago, differing in fuel and electrolyte [...]
What is the real cost of cheap power, and why isn’t it cheap?! As consumers we look at our power bills and see we are charged per Kilowatt-Hour while oblivious to cost factors such as maintenance, management, transmission, distribution, and profit. So let’s take a second to think about a few of these. Maintenance does [...]
The US depends upon a constant oil supply in order to remain an economically competitive nation, this much is certain. It remains questionable whether the push for offshore drilling will grant the security of national energy independence. But in the midst of the largest man-made disaster of our time, which is visible from space, the [...]
Today, I have a special reward for everyone who has ...
Formed to further the “green energy” movement, Tech-Owls in ...
And then BAM .com Dedicated to the movement for a ...