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		<title>Daniel Soto in the Amazon</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 23:05:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>saramorrissey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Daniel Soto, a Ph.D. student in Physics at Stanford, worked with FEDETA in Quito Ecuador through a MAP Sustainable Energy Fellowship. While working with FEDETA Daniel had the opportunity to travel to the Amazon and work on a project that used river turbines to generate electricity for a small community called San José. 
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		<title>Thibaut en Ecuador con FEDETA</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 16:12:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thibaut Demaegdt, a project engineer working with the Ecuadorian NGO, FEDETA (The Foundation for Appropriate Technology), describes the activities that he has been working on since arriving in Ecuador in early January.
He has been working on FEDETA projects with another engineer, Juan José del Valle. The civil engineer Mario Brito, Director of FEDETA, is their [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=greenempowerment.wordpress.com&blog=3076399&post=383&subd=greenempowerment&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Announcing Online Tech Training from Quito 11/14-12/8</title>
		<link>http://greenempowerment.wordpress.com/2008/11/07/announcing-online-tech-training-from-quito-1114-128/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 13:08:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>stephrouthge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Title: DESIGN, IMPLEMENTATION AND MANAGEMENT OF MICRO HYDROELECTRIC PROJECTS
Language: English
Dates: November 13 – December 8 (10 2hr Sessions)
Registration Deadline: November 12, 21:00 GMT (13:00 PST)
Cost: $285 general
The purpose of this course is to develop the skills of professionals, students, and engineers in the evaluation, design, installation and management of isolated power generation systems (such as
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		<title>Big Grid meets Little Solar Pump</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 18:02:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week Michel taught the engineers from 16 of Ecuador&#8217;s big energy companies how to design little solar pumps for remote villages in the Amazon. Although most of them got excited about calculating the little solar systems, and are especially interested now that our partner, FEDETA, convinced the government to pay for any solar systems [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=greenempowerment.wordpress.com&blog=3076399&post=10&subd=greenempowerment&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Democracy through Soccer and Solar Power</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Mar 2008 23:53:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>annagarwood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
Engineers went head to head with village solar techs, or as they called themselves UOPGES, (Units of Operation and Management of Sustainable Energy). After a long day of technical class work and discussions about how to maintain of the nearly 600 solar home systems installed in the jungle, it was time to play soccer. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=greenempowerment.wordpress.com&blog=3076399&post=9&subd=greenempowerment&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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