Monthly Archives: December 2012

Solyndra was a company based in Fremont, California.  It mainly manufactured cylindrical panels of Copper indium gallium selenide thing-film solar cells. Due to the drastic price change of silicon, the company could no longer compete with other solar panel manufacturers. … Continue reading →

What is it? Demand response is a program designed to make consumers reduce their electricity usage voluntarily. It encourages using electricity during off-peak hours. Methods: Sometimes the demand of electricity can be exceeding the supply. Instead of trying to  satisfy … Continue reading →

Abstract: In this lab, we test how the light intensity affect a solar cell. First we test out the effect distance has on the solar cell. Then we use test with different color filters. Steps: 1. Measure the voltage of … Continue reading →

Abstract: In this experiment, we test and measure the voltage generated with a hand generator. The voltage generated is expected to increase as the rate and the number of shakes go up. Steps: 1. Measure the voltage across the generator … Continue reading →

The brain-storming session turned out to be quite productive. We first started very distracted. We were talking about things other than this course and weren’t able to focus on the topic at all. After Frank started doing some research on … Continue reading →

As a course of technology and energy, we went to the Museum of Science. I spent several hours there and were able to pick up a lot more things than I expected. Twenty minutes walk to the museum from school … Continue reading →

Background: The idea about hydraulic fracturing is to maximize the output of the well by pumping fluids to hundreds to thousands of feet under the ground. The resources that are usually expected include the following four: oil water natural gas … Continue reading →

On Friday March 11th, 2011, Japanese nuclear power plant, Fukushima Daiichi was hit by an earthquake following by the tsunami. The earthquake, Great East Japan Earthquake, had a magnitude 9.0 on Friday. Both the earthquake and tsunami caused severe damage … Continue reading →