Some 12-year-olds are concerned with having the newest jeans or knowing the latest celebrity gossip.

Twelve-year-old Billy Schopf, of Whitehall Township, is concerned with saving the environment.

Schopf invented a wind-powered generator for electric and solar car batteries, which makes solar-powered cars more efficient. He is awaiting a patent on his idea.

Schopf came up with the idea for the Inventor Club at the

in Allentown.

By early 2011, Schopf should find out if his patent is approved, according to Frank Schweighardt, of the science center.



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