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  • Looks swell

    The Economist

    March 12, 2015 |

    The Economist |

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    Response Location: Australia, Perth

    Carnegie Wave Energy created a system to generate electricity from the ocean’s waves to power Australia’s largest naval base. The system, known as CETO 5, has buoys bobbing up and down below the ocean’s surface that drives a pump attached to the seafloor and pushes water through a pipe to the power station. Each buoy can create 240 kilowatts, and all together the system produces about 5 percent of the base’s electricity. The system will need to be upgraded if they plan to put buoys further at sea where the swells are greater.

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  • Running on renewable energy, Burlington, Vermont powers green movement forward

    William Brangham

    January 31, 2015 |

    PBS NewsHour |

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    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Burlington, Vermont

    Urban areas contain the highest in concentration of burning fossil fuels, which negatively contributes to climate change. Spearheading the green energy movement, Burlington, VT claims that its city uses 100% renewable energy for electricity. Burlington’s efforts pilot a model for larger U.S. cities to follow.

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  • America's Tiniest Innovators: Report from Pittsburgh

    Deborah Fallows

    November 15, 2014 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

    In a Pittsburgh elementary school, kids grapple with electricity and circuits, breeding a familiarity with technology that founders of the “Children’s Innovation Project” hope equips them for a better future. This partnership between Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh public schools, and the CREATE Lab (Community, Robotics, Education, Technology, Empowerment) is helping kids incorporate a passion for technology into their lives and their futures.

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  • A Light in India

    David Bornstein

    January 10, 2011 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: India, New Delhi, Delhi

    Access to electricity in India takes a huge economic, educational, and health-related toll. A small company called Husk Power Systems has created an innovative system that is turning rice husks into electricity and illuminating India’s poorest state.

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