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EDUcan

organisation

Awel Aman Tawe
Community Energy / Ynni Cymunedol

E-mail: info@awelamantawe.org.uk

age group
any age
Topic  
Mobile exhibition unit
Goal
To take sustainable energy messages to schools and events
Resources

Alternative technology: 6 PV panels, small wind turbine, inverter and batteries
Kits: hydrogen fuel cell technology, turbine making, solar powered - torch, radio, lantern and cooker
Displays: solar hot water, insulation - sheep's wool (Thermafleece), flax, recycled yellow pages directories (Warmcell), recycled glass bottles (Instafibre)

The EDUcan is towed by a vegetable oil powered car - conversion work done by Dan Blackburn of Veg Oil Motoring .
The West Wales Eco Centre (INFORSE-Europe meber) is working, in 2006, with Veg Oil Motoring to offer 50% grants to local, Pembrokeshire people to get their diesel cars converted to veg oil.

  

Task
Information and demonstration
Description and Evaluation

Awel Aman Tawe is a community energy project which aims to:
- generate clean power from renewables
- reduce energy costs and create warmer homes
- develop local skills and create employment

The project undertakes work to enable local regeneration in an area hit by the decline in coal mining and farming. We are a local project which aims to have a global impact – directly in terms of reducing carbon emissions and sharing lessons learnt, but also in terms of making Local Agenda 21 principles real i.e. using local resources for local benefit.