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  • stewart speaks!

    When: Thursday 10th March 2005, 6–7pm

    Where: Bahen Centre BA 2179 (40 St George St., Toronto)

    What: As part of the ESC/EWB Power Shift lecture series, I’m giving the following talk:

    Stewart Russell currently works for Zephyr North, a wind energy consulting company. As an executive of Windshare, he contributed his years of experience in the Scottish wind industry to establishing the TREC wind turbine now installed at the CNE. His presentation will contrast the case of large, industrial wind farms with the technological solutions that are appropriate for developing countries. He will outline the special issues that arise when siting and designing modern wind farms in Ontario, and discuss the special challenges of creating simple, small wind turbines out of locally available materials.

  • UofT Solar Car

    UofT Solar Car
    I was very sad to hear that the UofT solar car crashed, killing the driver. I didn’t know Andrew Frow, but I knew some of the Blue Sky Solar Racing team from the sustainability/renewable energy project around UofT.

  • Sustainable Energy Fair at University of Toronto on April 1st!

    I will be there, on a rather small WindShare stand. Here’s the full blurb:

    Where you can you eat a free veggie burger, meet the student,
    academic and industrial leaders of the sustainable energy
    revolution, and win cool prizes for guessing your environmental
    footprint?

    Only at U of T’s First Annual Sustainable Energy Fair, which is
    happening on April 1st, from 10am to 4pm, just south of front
    campus at the intersection of King’s College Circle and King’s
    College Road!

    Companies representing every major sustainable energy related
    industry – wind, solar, geothermal, biofuel, and hydrogen – as well
    as representatives of community power co-ops, will have booths at
    the fair. U of T research projects related to sustainable energy
    will be on display, and student groups concerned with these issues
    such as Engineers without Borders, the Energy Sustainability
    Community, Science for Peace, the Blue Sky Solar Racing Team, and
    the Hydrogen Fueling Station Design Team will host exhibits.

    In addition to this, there will be free food cooked on a solar
    powered barbeque, informative contests, construction activities
    (building mini-turbines and assembling a hydrogen fuel cell model
    car), and prizes (CFL bulbs, low, flow showerheads, fair trade
    coffee and chocolate).

    Come on out, join the fun and learn more about the future of
    energy!

    For more information, please visit us at:
    http://www.ele.utoronto.ca/gradunion/sefair/