Lighting up the Andes

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A Canadian couple, Anthony Harckhams and his wife, went to the Andes to light up the villages in Bolivia using white LEDs, and solar panels. Harckhams have made their mission to free remote communities from reliance on costly kerosene lighting by LEDs, which convert electricity into light relatively efficiently, powered by photovoltaic cells that generates electricity from abundant sunlight.

Semiconductors and related devices, Semiconductor and Related Device Manufacturing, Facilities & equipment, Light Emitting Diodes, Installation, Equipment and supplies, Light-emitting diodes, LEDs, Technology installation instructions

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Nuclear waste land

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Details of the nuclear recycling project of france to reduce greenhouse gases are presented. The need of applying the same strategy by United States is emphasized

Government domestic functions, France, All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing, CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS, Pollutants produced & recycled, Nuclear Wastes, Energy policy, Waste management, Recycling (Waste, etc.), Recycling, Radioactive wastes

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Steady as she blows: power electronics and exotic energy storage devices are making wind power steady enough to compete with conventional electricity sources

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Advances in power semiconductors and in energy storage techniques are causing wind power to emerge as a success story.

World, PETROLEUM AND COAL PRODUCTS, Energy, Utilities, Industrial Machinery and Equipment, Turbine and Turbine Generator Set Units Manufacturing, Air Motors & Turbines, Usage, Innovations, Economic aspects, Environmental aspects, Power resources, Wind power, Sustainable development, Alternative energy sources, Renewable energy, Air-turbines, Wind turbines, Energy storage, Power semiconductor devices, Power electronics

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