January 29, 2008
WPI Team Flies Kite For EPA Award
By Matthew L. Brown
Two teams from the Worcester Polytechnic Institute are among 58 national finalists in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 's "People Prosperity and Planet" competition.
As a finalist, the first WPI team was awarded a $10,000 grant to put its plan to harness wind power from tethered kites into action. The team says kite power could be a sustainable energy source for developing nations, where turbines are not practical.
The second WPI finalist team also received a $10,000 grant, and is trying to create a material that could capture mercury, arsenic and selenium from the gases created by burning coal.
Teams from UMass Lowell and Keene State College in Keene, N.H., have also been named finalists in the competition.
The EPA competition started in 2004 and is designed to support technology that ecourages economic prosperity and a higher quality of life while protecting the environment.
As a finalist, the first WPI team was awarded a $10,000 grant to put its plan to harness wind power from tethered kites into action. The team says kite power could be a sustainable energy source for developing nations, where turbines are not practical.
The second WPI finalist team also received a $10,000 grant, and is trying to create a material that could capture mercury, arsenic and selenium from the gases created by burning coal.
Teams from UMass Lowell and Keene State College in Keene, N.H., have also been named finalists in the competition.
The EPA competition started in 2004 and is designed to support technology that ecourages economic prosperity and a higher quality of life while protecting the environment.
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