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2MWh of Energy Produced!
After less than a year in operation, the micro grid at Kristy’s Cape Academy in Muhuru Bay has produced 2MWh of energy! Thank you to our...
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Sep 13, 20141 min read
Implementation Trip – Day 14
Sunday August 24, 2014 Vincent and Ayesha have joined the team, arriving today along with the Alstom team. PowerGen also arrived today...
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Sep 3, 20141 min read
Implementation Trip: Time Lapse
Check out these great time lapse videos of our wind turbine installation and community event!
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Kristin P
Sep 3, 20142 min read
Implementation Trip – Day 26
Friday September 5, 2014 Team 3’s stay comes to a close today, as we are the last ones to flight back to Seattle tonight. Our last day...
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Sep 3, 20142 min read
Implementation Trip – Day 23
Tuesday September 2, 2014 Yesterday, September 1st, marked the first day of the school year and all students were called to school by a...
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Sep 3, 20143 min read
Implementation Trip – Day 21
Sunday August 31, 2014 Eli and Kayla left on Saturday morning. Their bus left with 1.5hr delay because the it had been stuck in a traffic...
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Kristin P
Sep 3, 20142 min read
Implementation Trip – Day 19
Friday August 29, 2014 Things have been slow for us the last few days – as the microgrid manager is fully in charge of the daily...
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Sep 3, 20141 min read
Implementation Trip – Day 18
Thursday August 28, 2014 People are slowly trickling in to pick up their BBOXXs. Today we passed out out the thirteenth! We’ve also had 3...
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Kristin P
Sep 3, 20141 min read
Implementation Trip – Day 15
Monday August 25, 2014 PowerGen finished installing the wind turbines today and they are producing power! We reviewed the maintenance...
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Aug 22, 20141 min read
Implementation Trip – Day 10
Wednesday August 20, 2014 It’s been slow here, but good. We’ve gone through most of the training, the changes to the training docs have...
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Aug 22, 20141 min read
Implementation Trip – Day 9
Tuesday August 19, 2014 Kayla and Eli got in on Sunday night and quickly got to work getting caught up on what the team had been working...
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Aug 22, 20142 min read
Implementation Trip – Day 5
Friday August 15, 2014 Well, it can’t all go smoothly. Today as we were prepping to do a test raise on the first wind turbine tower, we...
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Kristin P
Aug 20, 20142 min read
Implementation Trip – Day 1
Monday August 11, 2014 Team 1 (Steve, Kristy, Daniel, Jenna, Henry, Kristine, Michael and Andrew) arrived in Muhuru Bay last night. The...
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Aug 18, 20141 min read
Implementation Trip – Day 8
Monday August 18, 2014 Other than wind turbines and the 49 outstanding BBOXXs, the system is up and running. Symons house and the kiosk...
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Aug 17, 20142 min read
Implementation Trip – Day 4
Thursday August 14, 2014 I will start today’s post with an overview of the system that is being installed here in Muhuru Bay. Two wind...
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Aug 13, 20142 min read
Implementation Trip – Day 3
Wednesday August 13, 2014 Last night came to a close with a large storm. High winds and rains had us taking cover after dinner (our...
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Aug 13, 20142 min read
Implementation Trip – Day 2
Tuesday August 12, 2014 Lots of progress to report! Yesterday the team from PowerGen arrived from Nairobi. Although they had been on the...
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Kristin P
Jun 22, 20141 min read
SU Team Wins Prestigious Award
CONGRATULATIONS to our Seattle University senior design team – the GRAND PRIZE winners of the 2014 NCEESEngineering Award for Connecting...
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Kristin P
Apr 24, 20141 min read
MBCM Project Video Launch!
We are pleased to announce the launch of our project video! Check it out for info on our efforts in Kenya, footage and photos from the...
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Feb 5, 20141 min read
Feature on Dr. Henry Louie
Congrats to our very own Dr. Henry Louie, assistant professor at Seattle University, for his featured article from Seattle U’s Center for...
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