If you would like to experience the Virtual Power Station and Grid as an avatar you need a high-speed internet connection and a computer with a video card. If you click below and you don't yet have an avatar you will make a "stop" at secondlife.com (see photo below) to sign up for a free avatar. If you have one (or once you receive one) you may go on to the Virtual Power Station and Grid Area. Enjoy!

click here only to enter the site as an avatar

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GH96FdhQBf4 Here's a link to our video on the project.

VISITING US.....Traveling to our experience site is easy. We have provided a link to visit the site as an avatar (above) through a SLURL (that's a second life url). 

Who we are and why we designed this experience.

We were awarded a $5.1 MM WIRED Grant from the US Dept. of Labor to promote interactive digital technology in Appalachian Ohio. The three state universities in the region have 700 students enrolled in animation and game development degree programs representing considerable human capital for future economic development.

WIRED Island One in second life.com  was designed as our demonstration island. We built more than twenty immersive experiences there from the F-35 Lightning fighter to an underwater park. Our FVWC entry is an exciting animated, interactive classroom demonstrating the potential for virtual worlds as training, orientation and public relations sites for major industries.

Walk through and experience our 100’ x 60’ ( scaled from 1.5 sq. mi.) virtual model of America’s second largest coal-fired power station. The model was designed to help orient new trainees. 


Experience the huge, fully animated, cut-away schematic of a coal fired power plant with it’s huge firey furnaces, boilers, steam turbines, generator and it’s attached power grid complete from the plant to the consumer.We have even provided a bosun's chair type tour vehicle for touring the schematic up close. Enjoy!

The superheated steam from the boilers enters the turbines to drive the alternator. Also shown here: cooling tower, condenser, and coal pulverization mill.

different types of substations raise, lower and switch current for consumer use

carbon sequestration model shows different approaches

The furnace (animated here) turns chemical energy (powdered coal dust) into heat energy that creates superheated steam in the boiler above. The steam then turns the turbines (heat energy to mechanical energy) that in turn spin the alternator (mechanical energy into electrical energy)

chemical storage for stack scrubbers

coal docks: a plant this size (2600 megawatts) can use about 1800 tons of low sulphur coal per day

Energy companies are exploring new methods of power generation. This part of the experience offers some helpful insights to the overall outlook, timelines and challenges yet to overcome

Second Life Power Station Training and Orientation

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Virtual World Power Plant Training and Orientation

We were awarded a $5.1 MM WIRED Grant from the US Dept. of Labor to promote interactive digital technology in Appalachian Ohio. The three state universities in the region have 700 students enrolled in animation and game development degree programs.

WIRED Island One in second life.com (htpp://slurl.com/secondlife/WIRED%201/59/36/41) was designated as our demonstration island. We built more than twenty demonstration experiences there from the F-35 fighter to an underwater park. The FVWC entry is an exciting animated, interactive classroom demonstrating the potential for virtual worlds as training/orientation and public relations sites for major industries.

Walk through and experience our 100’ x 60’ ( scaled from 1.5 sq. mi.) virtual model of America’s second largest coal-fired power station. Experience the huge, fully animated, cut-away schematic of a power plant with it’s huge firey boilers, steam turbines and it’s attached power grid complete from the plant to the consumer.