http://www.nextbillion.net/newsroom/2008/03/19/engineers-without-borders-bring-tech-to-villages-without-power Comments for "Engineers Without Borders Bring Tech to Villages Without Power" en http://www.nextbillion.net/newsroom/2008/03/19/engineers-without-borders-bring-tech-to-villages-without-power <div class="flexinode-body flexinode-4"><span class="flexinode-timestamp-13"> March 18, 2008 - 20:45, </span> <span class="flexinode-textfield-14"> WIRED</span> <div class="flexinode-textfield-15"> Engineers Without Borders Bring Tech to Villages Without Power</div><br> <div class="form-item"> <label>Story Link:</label> <a href="http://www.wired.com/science/planetearth/news/2008/03/wind_turbine">http://www.wired.com/science/planetearth/news/2008/03/wind_turbine</a> </div> <div class="flexinode--41"> <strong>Teaser: </strong><br /> <p>A group of volunteer engineers are finishing the design for a home-brewed wind turbine that will bring electricity to off-the-grid Guatemalan villages by this summer. </p><p>The turbine is undergoing its final tweaks. Next Sunday, the prototype will undergo its next-to-last build before Fleming and another volunteer head down to the Guatemalan manufacturing facility, XelaTeco, with the building plans in hand. </p><br class="clear" /></div> <div class="flexinode-textarea-6"> <p>A group of volunteer engineers are finishing the design for a home-brewed wind turbine that will bring electricity to off-the-grid Guatemalan villages by this summer. </p><p>After the U.S. engineers finish the design, local workers in the town of Quetzaltenango will manufacture the small-scale turbine. It will produce 10-15 watts of electricity, enough to charge a 12-volt battery that can power simple devices like LED lights. </p><br class="clear" /></div> </div> http://www.nextbillion.net/newsroom/2008/03/19/engineers-without-borders-bring-tech-to-villages-without-power#comment Business Development Energy Latin America Wed, 19 Mar 2008 09:24:54 -0500 Ryan Baebler 5322 at http://www.nextbillion.net