Tag: Electricity - Page 15
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Three Turbine Types To Be Tested in Bay of Fundy
They have been talking about getting power from the tides in Nova Scotia's Bay of Fundy forever; once they even thought of damming the whole thing. More than 100 billion tonnes of water, more than all the world's rivers combined, rush in
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REVA Announces 'Second Life' for its EV Batteries
Image credit: REVA India Reva, the Indian electric car maker marketed as the G Wiz in the UK, announced last week that it was launching two new electric cars - a four-seat, three-door hatchback family car , and a sporty two seater. Inevitably, when we
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UK Faces Blackouts by 2016 Due to Lack of Clean Energy
The UK could face blackouts as soon as 2016, because the planned clean power projects aren't coming online fast enough. That's the blunt analysis of the government's new energy adviser, according to the BBC. So what can the UK do to keep
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Is Tapping Trees the Greenest Electricity Source Out There?
While sticking electrodes into tree trunks to harvest energy probably won't power your fridge, car, or household lights anytime soon, a recent piece in New Scientist reminds us how the very small amounts of energy that can
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Wind Power Could Supply All of China's Electricity by 2030, Harvard Study Says
A new study coming out of Harvard University's School of Engineering and Applied Science shows that with the proper investment China could easily ditch its coal burning, carbon emitting ways and be entirely wind
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EPA Gets its Ash Kicked in Releasing Coal Info
Coal ash, the concentrated, toxic residue of fossil fuel electricity, is going under the microscope.
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Green Machine Hooked Up to Geothermal Heat Source Makes Electricity Almost Free
Electratherm, inventor of the Green Machine that takes low grade waste heat and turns it into electricity, has announced its first geothermal installation, hooking up the little wonders to the 220°F groundwater at the Florida Canyon Mine in northern
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SchwarmStrom In Your Basement - How German Is It?
The logic behind this residential power technology - the "SchwarmStrom," a micro-turbine in the basement that
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Boulder's Smart Grid City Goes (Mostly) Live
It's been quite awhile since we talked about Boulder, Colorado's SmartGridCity, a project by Xcel Energy to get an entire city up and running on a smart grid. While there are numerous projects underway nationwide, and lots
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USB Mosquito Repeller: But Does It Really Work?
We recently received a tip on a USB Ultrasonic Mosquito Pest Repeller now available for just $5.69 USD, plus another $5 for shipping. While this handy, little device eliminates the use of pesticides and other harmful bug sprays,
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How Can An Electric Car Travel 100 Miles For $1?
Dear Pablo: I have read time and again that an all-electric vehicle can use as little as one dollar's worth of electricity to travel 100 miles. How can this be? Electric Power Plants are burning oill to create electricity, and oil is expensive. How
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Design to Improve Life: The 2009 Index Award Winners
Funded by the Danish government, the Index design award claims to be the biggest in the world, and "improving life" is the name of the game. In the buildup to the announcement of the 2009 winners' circle we've posted on entrants such as the Bambulance,
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New Study Finds Kindle Greener Than the Printed Word
(Image: Geekbrief)The battle, no doubt, will rage on for some time over which is greener, e-books or the printed stuff. A new item of evidence, however, has been submitted: a report by the Cleantech Group has concluded that in a spine-to-spine lifecycle
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University of Mississippi Gives Twitter and Facebook Privileges to its Smartgrid
If there is an official buzzword registry, smartgrid definitely makes the list. But what is it, really? The daily news brings word of from Miami to Australia on how the coming smartgrid will: save us bundles of CO2, let our electric
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Improving Efficiency at Washington's Hydropower Projects Could Boost Output 3x More Than Building New Dams
The environmental problems with large-scale hydropower are well documented, with small-scale hydro often seen as a more benign way to exploit the power of rivers for electricity. However, as the Wall Street Journal
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Ice Bear Thermal Storage Units Come to Canada's MEC
John and I have covered Ice Bear units before. It is one of those simple, elegant ideas: Instead of using peak daytime (and often more expensive) electricity to cool your home or office during the day, use your air conditioner to make ice at night (it
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Less Sex, More TV Solution to India's Overpopulation?
Remember the Indian minister who suggested that late-night television could curb India's birthrate by making people too tired for sex? His proposal to wire every Indian village for boob-tube viewing made the airwaves of CNN
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US Virgin Island Waste-to-Energy Plants Could Close Their Landfills
US per capita energy usage is pretty much the highest in the world -- and it's five times higher than average in the US Virgin Islands. Not to mention that it all comes
