Last week Adrian Ferreretto of the Solar Shop Australia presented a guest lecture to us about the virtues of solar power and the future of the technology in Australia and globally. He spoke about many aspects of solar technology and its expansion in Australia and around the world, and the impact of that on us.
One of the most interesting facets of his lecture was when he spoke about some of the global solar industry statistics, many of which indicate quite rapid growth in the area of solar power, and which countries are taking and adapting to solar power well and which ones are lagging behind. Finally, he spoke about the Reva, an Indian based electric car project, which runs on pure electricity. Of course the idea is still in its infancy and needs to be refined and developed alot more before it is suitable for general usage, but it is a start, and a good one at that.
We are getting into the beginning stages of our EWB project, starting to research different aspects of our chosen area and how we could apply such things to the Kandal Province of Cambodia.
We have created our EWB Project Plan and have begun to plan out what needs to be done each week in order to complete the project to schedule. The next stage is more specific research and the formulation of ideas and solutions to the problems in Cambodia.
We have also received back our first SEP Assignment on "The Role of an Engineer". I wrote mine about the role of a civil engineer.
Holidays next week!
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