02411cam a2200385 4500 113805626 TxAuBib 20120906120000.0 090512s2008||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u (OCoLC)320836955 ACN ACN TxAuBib INNOVATE : engineering change / KCTS 9/Seattle Public Television ; American Public Television (APT) ; producer/director: Heidi Burke ; associate producer: Adrian Heinzelman. [United States] : Creative Expansions, 2008. 1 videodisc (30 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. Title from container. Originally broadcast as a television series in 2009. Director of photography, Ronnie Hernandez ; editor, Marisa Simpson. Host, Helene Lerner ; Rob Morrow, Debra Humphreys. This reality/documentary-style program takes viewers behind the scenes of one such effort, introducing a diverse group of scientists and engineers from Verdant Power, a "virtual" company staffed by women and men based in various locations. They have developed turbines that use the power of moving water to generate electricity. If their pilot project in New York City's East River succeeds, this alternative source of energy could become a commercial venture. But the team members have had their work cut out for them. The powerful river current has broken a number of turbine blades, necessitating their redesign. Viewers are on-site for the installation of a turbine with newly designed blades. Politicians, investors and the media are present for the event, and a lot is at stake; tension mounts. Thrown by an unexpected failure, the team problem-solves into the night and devises a new plan-- an effort that pays off when power is successfully generated. DVD. 20120906. Hydraulic turbines. Water-power. Electric power. East River (N.Y.) Power utilization. Lerner, Helene, 1946- Heinzelman, Adrian. Morrow, Rob. Burke, Heidi. Humphreys, Debra. American Public Television. KCTS (Television station : Seattle), Wash.) Creative Expansions, Inc. TXTLL