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What is Solyndra? Solyndra is a green energy company that is based in Fremont, California. The company was struggling to stay alive, which lead them to turning to President Obama. Why is it considered a scandal? The president signed a … Continue reading →

What is demand response: Demand response is a program that pays consumer to cut down their usage of energy. This means that instead of adding generation to a system, they can keep everything the same since consumers agreed to use … Continue reading →

Although I was unable to go to the Museum Of Science with the class, I took an opportunity to stop by with my family to check out some exhibits. The exhibit that I am choosing to blog about is The … Continue reading →

During our class last Thursday my group and I (Jeanie, Jonah, and James) got together to come up with an experiment to do in a high school classroom. After spending almost the entire class looking for an experiment we came … Continue reading →

Objective: The objective of this lab was to show the way light intensity is seen with a solar cell. The point of the lab was to show us the relationship between light intensity and the voltage output. Step 1: We … Continue reading →

Objective: In class we did an experiment that measured the voltage that was produced by a hand generator after a specific number of shakes. Purpose: The whole idea of this experiment was to compare the voltage measured to the number … Continue reading →

Friday March 11th, 2011 an earthquake hits off the Eastern coast of Japan causing the automatic shut down of units 1, 2, and 3. Units 4, 5, and 6 had been shut down previously due to outages, but the emergency … Continue reading →

summary: The class preformed an experiment that measure the amount of weight the robot could lift using a pully. All the information was determined by Labview. objective: The idea of the experiment was to compare measurements of the different factors … Continue reading →

What is hydraulic fracturing? Hydraulic Fracturing is a stimulation process used to maximize the extraction of underground resources (oil, natural gas, geothermal energy, and water). Who uses hydraulic fracturing? Gas and oil industries use this process to enhance subsurface fracture systems to … Continue reading →