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Implementation Trip – Day 19
Friday August 29, 2014 Things have been slow for us the last few days – as the microgrid manager is fully in charge of the daily...
Kristin P
Sep 3, 20142 min read
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Implementation Trip – Day 18
Thursday August 28, 2014 People are slowly trickling in to pick up their BBOXXs. Today we passed out out the thirteenth! We’ve also had 3...
Kristin P
Sep 3, 20141 min read
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Implementation Trip – Day 15
Monday August 25, 2014 PowerGen finished installing the wind turbines today and they are producing power! We reviewed the maintenance...
Kristin P
Sep 3, 20141 min read
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Implementation Trip – Day 10
Wednesday August 20, 2014 It’s been slow here, but good. We’ve gone through most of the training, the changes to the training docs have...
Kristin P
Aug 22, 20141 min read
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Implementation Trip – Day 9
Tuesday August 19, 2014 Kayla and Eli got in on Sunday night and quickly got to work getting caught up on what the team had been working...
Kristin P
Aug 22, 20141 min read
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Implementation Trip – Day 5
Friday August 15, 2014 Well, it can’t all go smoothly. Today as we were prepping to do a test raise on the first wind turbine tower, we...
Kristin P
Aug 22, 20142 min read
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Implementation Trip – Day 1
Monday August 11, 2014 Team 1 (Steve, Kristy, Daniel, Jenna, Henry, Kristine, Michael and Andrew) arrived in Muhuru Bay last night. The...
Kristin P
Aug 20, 20142 min read
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Implementation Trip – Day 8
Monday August 18, 2014 Other than wind turbines and the 49 outstanding BBOXXs, the system is up and running. Symons house and the kiosk...
Kristin P
Aug 18, 20141 min read
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Implementation Trip – Day 4
Thursday August 14, 2014 I will start today’s post with an overview of the system that is being installed here in Muhuru Bay. Two wind...
Kristin P
Aug 17, 20142 min read
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Implementation Trip – Day 3
Wednesday August 13, 2014 Last night came to a close with a large storm. High winds and rains had us taking cover after dinner (our...
Kristin P
Aug 13, 20142 min read
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Implementation Trip – Day 2
Tuesday August 12, 2014 Lots of progress to report! Yesterday the team from PowerGen arrived from Nairobi. Although they had been on the...
Kristin P
Aug 13, 20142 min read
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SU Team Wins Prestigious Award
CONGRATULATIONS to our Seattle University senior design team – the GRAND PRIZE winners of the 2014 NCEESEngineering Award for Connecting...
Kristin P
Jun 22, 20141 min read
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MBCM Project Video Launch!
We are pleased to announce the launch of our project video! Check it out for info on our efforts in Kenya, footage and photos from the...
Kristin P
Apr 24, 20141 min read
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Feature on Dr. Henry Louie
Congrats to our very own Dr. Henry Louie, assistant professor at Seattle University, for his featured article from Seattle U’s Center for...
Kristin P
Feb 5, 20141 min read
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Assessment Trip – Day 6
Sunday December 22, 2013 Travel! Today we made our journey from Nairobi to Muhuru Bay, the site of Kristy’s Cape Academy. The school is...
Kristin P
Dec 28, 20132 min read
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Assessment Trip – Day 5
Saturday December 21, 2013 With the formal meeting schedule completed, today we were able to do some tourism and take care of loose...
Kristin P
Dec 28, 20131 min read
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Assessment Trip – Day 4
Friday December 20, 2013 The Assessment Team again split up today, with Jeff remaining at the Rosa Mystica in order to work on the remote...
Kristin P
Dec 28, 20132 min read
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Assessment Trip – Day 3
Thursday December 19, 2013 The Assessment Team is now one person stronger with the addition of Jeff yesterday. The traffic congestion in...
Kristin P
Dec 20, 20133 min read
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Assessment Trip – Day 2
Wednesday, December 18, 2013 We woke up to another beautiful day in Kenya. Nairobi is very close to the equator, which means the day and...
Kristin P
Dec 20, 20132 min read
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Assessment Trip – Day 1
Tuesday, December 17, 2013 After a day-and-a-half of traveling, the assessment team (Steve, Avnaesh, Ayesha and Henry) made it safely to...
Kristin P
Dec 18, 20132 min read
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