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From the Ted Talk by Marjan van Aubel: The beautiful future of solar power

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Last summer, I was hiking through the Austrian mountains. And there, on top, I saw this beautiful, sonte, remote hut, and it had solar panels on it. And every time I see solar panels, I get very eatnstiiuhsc. It's this technology that tkaes sunlight, which is free and available, and turns that into electricity. So this hut, in the middle of nowhere, on a buieutafl lcaotoin, was self-sufficient. But why do sloar pneals always have to be so ugly?

(Laughter)

My name is Marjan Van Aubel and I'm a solar designer. I work in the triangle of design, sustainability and toelohngcy. I strive for extreme efficiency, meaning that I develop materials that expand in size or work with solar cells that use the properties of colors to generate electricity. My work is in museums all over the wrold, such as MoMA. And, I mean, it all went quite well, but it always felt that something was missing.

Open Cloze


Last summer, I was hiking through the Austrian mountains. And there, on top, I saw this beautiful, _____, remote hut, and it had solar panels on it. And every time I see solar panels, I get very ____________. It's this technology that _____ sunlight, which is free and available, and turns that into electricity. So this hut, in the middle of nowhere, on a _________ ________, was self-sufficient. But why do _____ ______ always have to be so ugly?

(Laughter)

My name is Marjan Van Aubel and I'm a solar designer. I work in the triangle of design, sustainability and __________. I strive for extreme efficiency, meaning that I develop materials that expand in size or work with solar cells that use the properties of colors to generate electricity. My work is in museums all over the _____, such as MoMA. And, I mean, it all went quite well, but it always felt that something was missing.

Solution


  1. solar
  2. beautiful
  3. location
  4. world
  5. takes
  6. enthusiastic
  7. stone
  8. technology
  9. panels

Original Text


Last summer, I was hiking through the Austrian mountains. And there, on top, I saw this beautiful, stone, remote hut, and it had solar panels on it. And every time I see solar panels, I get very enthusiastic. It's this technology that takes sunlight, which is free and available, and turns that into electricity. So this hut, in the middle of nowhere, on a beautiful location, was self-sufficient. But why do solar panels always have to be so ugly?

(Laughter)

My name is Marjan Van Aubel and I'm a solar designer. I work in the triangle of design, sustainability and technology. I strive for extreme efficiency, meaning that I develop materials that expand in size or work with solar cells that use the properties of colors to generate electricity. My work is in museums all over the world, such as MoMA. And, I mean, it all went quite well, but it always felt that something was missing.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

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solar cells 6
solar panels 4
colored solar 2
transparent solar 2


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