News Clip4:27
Curated Video

Canada's largest supercomputer just got an $80 million upgrade

9th - Higher Ed
New ReviewStory producer Zach Orobko went to SFU's Burnaby Mountain campus to check out "Fir" at the Cedar Computing Centre.
News Clip4:00
Curated Video

Solar power: the next generation

9th - Higher Ed
Scientists are working on an exciting new material called perovskite – a light sensitive crystal which could revolutionise solar power. In just a few years its power conversion efficiency figure is nearly on a par with traditional...
News Clip5:29
Curated Video

Affordable, flexible solar power technologies

Higher Ed
AP Television San Francisco, California - December, 18 2012 1. Low angle solar panels on roof of Chinatown Public Health Centre 2. Charles Sheehan walking next to solar panels 3. Profile Charles Sheehan 4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Charles...
News Clip2:20
AFP News Agency

CLEAN : Total solar eclipse darkens skies in Indonesia

9th - Higher Ed
CLEAN : Total solar eclipse darkens skies in Indonesia
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Bloomberg

Green Flops: Why Some Promising Cleantech Ideas Didn’t Work Out

Higher Ed
Aug.15 -- The annals of green energy are filled with people who devised brilliant solutions to vexing problems. Many became rich and famous in the process. And then there are the folks who were … less successful. They created systems...
Instructional Video
The Atlantic Monthly Group

The Atlantic: When Will Solar Get Cheap Enough for Everyone to Use?

9th - 10th
This video explores solar photovoltaics and how it produces electricity differently than other energy sources. Also discussed is how the price of this technology is dropping very quickly. [1:58]
Instructional Video
National Science Foundation

National Science Foundation: Green Revolution: Solar

9th - 10th
At Arizona State University, students make and test new materials that can be used to build better and more versatile photovoltaic solar cells, and test solar cells to see how the shape of the surface affects the cell's energy...
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Build and Test the Receiver

9th - 10th
This video demonstrates a solar cell connected to a speaker converting the light into sound. [2:11]