Solar Decathlon Team Gets Some Expert Advice
SCE staff lends technical expertise and business connections to Team Orange County.
If anybody should know how to build a solar-powered house, it’s Moritz Limpinsel. The 32-year-old native of Germany has devoted his studies to solar cells, just completing a Ph.D. in chemistry and materials physics at the University of California, Irvine.
But like most of the 100 students on this year’s Team Orange County solar decathlon team, he had never built a solar-powered house.
However, Team OC — a joint effort of students from Chapman University, Irvine Valley College, Saddleback College and UC Irvine — is not alone in trying to figure things out. Southern California Edison (SCE) and its parent company Edison International not only donated a combined $150,000 to the team, but are also providing technical expertise. Separately, Edison International also donated $250,000 to support the Solar Decathlon, which runs Oct. 8-18 at the Orange County Great Park.
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