www.princeton.edu...Converting a standard shipping container into a sustainable source of energy for remote or disaster-torn regions, a team of Princeton University students took top honors in an 18-month national competition that culminated April 2012 on the Washington, D.C., Mall.
The students, working through a course called "Engineering Projects in Community Service" (EPICS), won a $90,000 grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to further develop and implement their project. Hauled from Princeton to Washington on a flatbed truck, the "Power in a Box" submission featured solar panels as well as a 40-foot-tall wind turbine that telescopes out of the container.
The full-scale prototype is designed to replace diesel-powered generators in areas cut off from other power sources.

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