Kent Harrington
Kent is a videographer and professional storyteller. He regularly blogs for AIChE on ChEnected. See his latest posts below. You can also follow Kent on twitter @harringtonkent.
ChEnected contributions
MIT's Michelle Teplensky, AIChE Student Leader, Wins Gates Scholarship
MIT senior Michelle Teplensky will pursue a PhD in chemical engineering and biotechnology while at Cambridge.
Shell's Deep-Water Behemoth Starts Production in the Gulf
This month, after spending five months doing the final hookups, Royal Dutch Shell started production at its Olympus platform, the company's largest floating deep-water platform in the Gulf of Mexico.
Floating Offshore Wind Turbines Coming to Oregon Coast
The Department of the Interior gave Seattle-based Principle Power a green light to submit plans to site five of their WindFloat turbines off of Coos Bay, OR.
Saudi Arabia Plans Huge Solar Manufacturing Plant
Last week, Saudi officials signed an agreement with California-based SunEdison to explore building a huge, integrated solar PV panel factory.
STEM Pioneer KidWind Inspires Young Scientists
Kidwind has trained over 7000 teachers, who have imparted these lessons to more than 500,000 students, who have built over 50,000 experimental wind turbines.
DOE Launches New Interactive Well Mapping Tool
Anyone can spot energy trends since the US Energy Information Administration has unveiled a new mapping tool that shows the locations of US oil and gas wells.
Will Solar-Powered Desalination Save California's Agriculture?
California-based WaterFX, a small startup, has brought a CSP-desalination facility online in Central California.
Boeing's Biofuel Breakthrough in the Desert
Boeing just announced they've found a breakthrough: halophytes. These plants' seeds can be used to produce biofuel more efficiently than other well-known feedstocks.
Bringing Light to Developing-World Hospitals
Reliable and easy-to-use Solar Suitcases provide light and power for midwives and doctors to deliver babies and care for newborn babies in 25 countries.
Surging US Oil Production Increased Railroad Spills
By moving dramatically higher amounts of oil by rail, spills have increased. Spills in the US last year far outpaced the total amount spilled by railroads from 1975 to 2012.
How One Company Saved Jatropha Biofuel from Disaster
Genetics and biological engineers are behind the re-engineering of a new jotropha that can now produce abundant yields required for cost-effective biofuel production.
T Boone Pickens Building LNG Fueling Station For Container Ships
The global merchant fleet is switching to LNG, so Clean Energy Fuels, founded by T. Boone Pickens, will begin building the first LNG station for cargo ships.
New York City to Heat Homes with Food Scraps
New York City's wastewater treatment facility is about to undertake a new program that will result in pipeline-quality natural gas to heat homes across the five boroughs.
Anaerobic Digester Rounds out Waste Management's Energy Portfolio
Harvest Power recently launched its Energy Garden in British Columbia, which is the largest commercial-scale high solids anaerobic digester in North America.
Innovative Small Module Nuclear Reactor Awarded $226 Million DOE Grant
Corvallis, Oregon-based NuScale Power just received $226 million in matching funds from The US DOE to continue developing its small module nuclear reactor.