« PREFAB FRIDAY: Maison EvolutiV by Olgga | Main | BKLYN SNEAK PEEK: New Brave Space Light Block Lamps »
Wednesday
May072008

Bringing Wind Power to Off-grid Guatemalan Villages

ewbwind1.jpg

Wind power holds much promise but often meets obstacles in small-scale application. Enter Engineers Without Borders. Volunteers from this humanitarian group, including Malcolm Knapp and Heather Fleming pictured above, have developed a small wind turbine design that has the capacity to bring much needed electrical power to remote villages in Guatemala and provide an alternative to hazardous kerosene lighting...read more at Inhabitat