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Ranty Islam | Reporter's Log Specials

Green Energy in Chile – Reporters’ Impressions

With some 4000 kilometers of breezy coast lines Chile has enormous potential for windpower. But only recently the country has begun to tap into it. Our reporters went to visit one of the new windfarms. Here they share with us their personal impressions. Click here to watch their report.

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August 9, 2011

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Ranty Islam | Reporter's Log Specials

Wind power in Vietnam – Reporters’ Impressions

Vietnam’s demand for energy is steadily on the rise. To satisfy demand the country wants to increasingly tap renewable forms of energy, especially wind power. Here are our reporter Peter Wozny’s personal impressions of his trip to Vietnam. Click here to watch his report.

Date

August 9, 2011

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Klaus Esterluß | Ideas

celebrating flickr, here are your pictures (to be continued…)

(Photo: Sylvia Santisteban)(Photo: Mika Huettner)(Photo: Balli)(Photo: Ahmed Hassan)
There are a lot of opportunities to present GLOBAL IDEAS in pictures. We have asked you, to give us some examples. Here are the first pictures we got in our mailbox. Thank you very much! We hope that those pictures are an inspiration for you. Send more to ideasforacoolerworld@gmail.com

Date

July 27, 2011

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Klaus Esterluß | Ideas

1,000 solar roofs in Brazil

This project is all about introducing solar thermal water heating in 500 social housing units in Rio de Janeiro – Solar power is still rarely used in Brazil, despite ideal climate conditions and rising gas and electricity costs. But a new residential complex with solar-thermal water heating is under construction in Rio de Janeiro. City authorities have earmarked the new housing for poor families from the favelas.

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Date

July 14, 2011

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Klaus Esterluß | Ideas

Sunshine in a pot – Solar cooking in India

Hundreds of children attend the schools of the Muni Seva Ashram in the Western Indian state of Gujarat everyday. Their school meals used to be prepared over wood fires. Now a new project harnesses the power of the sun for the school canteen. In our first gallery on our blog we are taking you back to one of our first reports for GLOBAL IDEAS. We hope that you enjoy these pictures.

Date

July 13, 2011

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