Flash Education: Renewable Energy Overview

Click on the above screenshot to see the Flash animation. This interactive tells a story in pictures and words about three of the major types of renewable energy. The aim is to provide an accessible overview of hydro, wind and solar photovoltaic power generation.

Wind Farm Animation (Hau Nui Wind Farm)

Click on the above screenshot to view the interactive wind farm animation. (The animation attempts to recreate a partial view of the Hau Nui wind farm in New Zealand’s Wairarapa district as seen from the access road.) To find out more about this wind farm and how wind farms are planned and the optimal sites [...]

Model Pelton Wheel Hydroelectric Generator

In an earlier post I outlined an educational activity building a water-powered turbine (Pelton Wheel style) with milk bottle tops and plastic spoons. This was successfully trialled at the first Schoolgen Sister Schools Cluster Day in Spetember. Making the turbine (a linear to rotational kinetic energy converter) was the first stage in the creation of a working model of [...]