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Renewable Energy Articles


The following articles were written by SEI staff, alumni and guest instructors.


Women's PV Workshop: Education that Gives & Receives
by Wahila Minshall
Home Power #98, 2003/2004

In March 2003, participants in SEI's Women's PV Design & Installation workshop installed a 1.5 kW solar electric system at Walden West Center, an environmental science school in California.
(PDF, 304k)

 


Women Who Run with Tools
by Laurie Stone
Home Power #78, 2000

Participants in SEI's Women's Photovoltaic Design & Installation workshop install a PV system for a single mother living in rural Arizona.
(PDF, 181K)


Little House on the Internet -- PV in the Caribbean
by Alan Gross & Jane Townsend
Home Power #77, 2000

A Manhattan couple decides to move to the Caribbean island of Bonaire. SEI helps them fulfill their dream of getting "back to nature."
(PDF, 1.8M)


Handyman's Special
by Mick Sagrillo
Home Power #71, 1999

A wind turbine goes up in the mountains of Colorado, with the help of participants in SEI's Wind Power workshop.
(PDF, 304K)


Take Your Bedroom Off the Grid
by Sharice Low
Home Power #60, 1997

SEI workshop participants in Arcata, California help a couple take their bedroom off-the-grid.
(PDF, 1.9M)


Solar Baking Under the Sonoran Sun
by Laurie Stone
Home Power #59, 1997

SEI helps a dedicated group of women in Sonora, Mexico build solar ovens and start a solar bakery.
(PDF, 1.4M)


The Sol of Cuba
by Laurie Stone
Home Power #55, 1996

Laurie Stone explores Cuba's amazing program in renewable energy.
(PDF, 1.4M)


Revolutionary Education: PV Powered
by Laurie Stone
Home Power #86, 2001/2002

Cuba's program to electrify all 2000 rural schools in the country with solar photovoltaics
(PDF 116 kb)

 

 

 


A Decade of PV in the Colorado Rockies
by Laurie Stone
Home Power #50, 1995

SEI helps provide lights to the system of cross-country ski huts in the Colorado Rockies.
(PDF, 1.8M)



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