The Energy Revolution

Specials | Feb 18, 2012

The Energy Revolution focuses on emerging renewable energy resource technologies and the creative personalities behind those advances' development.  Listeners will meet a wind power expert from Brussels, and visit the world's largest solar tower in Seville and hear reports on a wide range of green technologies being developed around the U.S.

  • From Massachusetts: turning cooking oil into fuel for cars
  • From Michigan: making fuel from algae
  • From Virginia: pumping water for energy storage
  • From North Carolina: developing a new, efficient electricity grid
  • From California: improving LEDs with nanotechnology

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