ARCHIVE - Energy Systems & Climate Change » 2011-12 Research Projects http://blogs.evergreen.edu/energysystems A semi-annual program with physics, environmental science, and sustainable ag Tue, 21 Jul 2015 22:25:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.2 ARCHIVE - Growing Algae for biofuel and more http://blogs.evergreen.edu/energysystems/blog/2012/01/05/growing-algae-for-biofuel-and-more/ http://blogs.evergreen.edu/energysystems/blog/2012/01/05/growing-algae-for-biofuel-and-more/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 21:08:59 +0000 http://blogs.evergreen.edu/energysystems/?p=65 Jaal M. and Michael K. propose to build an algae-growing facility and study the requirements for growing algae efficiently in the Pacific Northwest.  Congratulations on your grant from the Clean Energy Committee for this research project!

Algae generation for biofuel using an enclosed system
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Energeneration(1)
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** MicroHydro Writeup and Proposal **

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EvergreenSustainability Presentation

Sustainability Proposal

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WindSlidecast

Wind Proposal

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GreyWaterPPT

Writeup

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Playgrounds_ppt

Proposal and writeup

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