A 14 MW solar power plant in Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada, formerly the largest photovoltaic installation in North America.
This week on the show we heard a report from Matt Street and John Wall on their participation in the Canadian Association of Geographers Conference. They both made the trip to Regina a couple of weeks ago, talked to some people from Carleton who were also attending the conference. We heard about their own experiences, as well as some of the projects other participants were working on.
We also heard a Science Moment about the science of Solar Cells. The Science Moment is one of our first recurring features here on SpF, last done just over three years ago. We’ve brought back the feature, and will be in the future, having a look at some of the science behind geographic trends and topics. This one looks at the technology behind solar cells, different kinds for home and use in power plants, as well as the future of the industry.
In this week’s Environmental News we heard about the latest in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, a senior government scientist retracts defamatory remarks made about scientists skeptical about the oilsands, two stories about solar technology, and the Earthquake that struck the Ottawa region just north of Gatineau on June 23rd.
