Nearly a fifth of the people on the planet live without access to electricity, and while generators can be used to provide power to these areas, most are too expensive or not portable enough to offer a real alternative. That’s where students at ETH Zurich stepped in. As part of their masters thesis project, the team created a low-cost portable hybrid generator that can provide enough power to supply over 20 homes with electricity – and it produces clean water as well. Read the rest of ETH Zurich Students Create Portable Hybrid Generator that Provides Power and Clean Water Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: clean water , developing countries , ETH Zurich , power generator , renewable energy , SMiG , Solar Power , Third World Energy , Third World Power
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ETH Zurich Students Create Portable Hybrid Generator that Provides Power and Clean Water
