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Newberg High School
Newberg, Ore.
Portable, Lightweight Solar Stirling Generator
to Provide Electricity to Remote Villages
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- The students' invention had stemmed from a required in-class assignment to build Stirling engines; Newberg High School actually has a history of building Stirling engines.
- To develop its invention, the InvenTeam combined a Stirling engine, with a three-foot parabolic dish to create a solar-powered device that generates low-cost, sustainable energy.
- The invention generates the sun's energy through a pair of photo-resistor sensor rays and a reflective nickel-plated finish on the parabolic dish.
- On a clear day, the Stirling engine speeds up to 700 RPM.
- For its next steps, the InvenTeam wants to attach the device to a generator, which can be used directly to run a pump or provide electricity to a small village.
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