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July 25, 2011

Arizona State University students demonstrate a clean burning Gel-Fuel stove and a "twig light.

Students from Arizona State University demonstrated two innovative energy products intended for use in developing countries at the Open Minds 2011 conference: a clean burning Gel-Fuel stove that uses an ASU-developed ethanol as its fuel source--being tested in Ghana; and the Twig Light, a light that makes use of exisiting waste energy--such as twigs--to produce clean electric light inside homes.

Credit: Brendan Hoffman and NCIIA

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