Renewable Energy Laboratory

Dan Litvin and Brian Brown of solarwerks LLC recently retrofitted Eric Sanders home with a solar thermal energy system. Solar thermal translates sunlight into heat by circulating an antifreeze solution through glass panels mounted on Erics roof.

April 6, 2009 Science at the Theater talk: By exploiting the powers of nanotechnology and taking advantage of non-toxic, Earth-abundant materials, Berkeley Lab’s Cyrus Wadia has fabricated new solar cell devices that have the potential to be several orders of magnitude less expensive than conventional solar cells. And by mastering the chemistry of these materials—and [...]

Learn to build the Water wheel with a generator to make light in Workshop 6 and Experiment 8 of the Hydropower kit!