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Empowered: Energy Heroes
An Hour of Sunlight
Wednesday
Oct 4
30 Minutes
A microgrid in Sonoma, Calif., where researchers show how to create energy from the sun. -
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Empowered: Energy Heroes
The Grid
Wednesday
Oct 4
30 Minutes
How the electric grid was designed to work more than 100 years ago and the modern challenges it faces; a microgrid in the South Side of Chicago keeps the lights and heat on during a winter storm; batteries and fuel cells replace backup generators. -
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Empowered: Energy Heroes
Winds of Change
Wednesday
Oct 4
30 Minutes
Rep. Pat Haddad writes a bill to bring offshore wind to Massachusetts, making the town of Somerset home to North America's first offshore wind manufacturing plant. -
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Empowered: Energy Heroes
Workin' With What You've Got
Wednesday
Oct 4
30 Minutes
Vermont generates all of its electricity without burning fossil fuels by using its own natural resources, including the waste from its two largest industries.
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