Tag: Electricity - Page 5
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Northeast's Greenhouse Gas Trading Program Will Save Customers $1.3 Billion
New analysis of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative shows that it will indeed save customers money, create several thousand new jobs, and reduce fossil fuel usage.
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How The Royal Wedding Strained the Energy Grid: Too Many Cups of Tea
Energy demand fluctuates, and special events create headaches for grid operators. Here's a fascinating look at the problem, and some of the solutions.
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The latest trend among the 1%: Generator Envy
Home theatres and wine grottos are so 2007; the latest trend is the home generator. Next: Gun turrets.
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US Energy Use Climbing Again - After 12yr Low In 2009
Data from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory shows US energy use was up in 2010, with renewable energy essentially flat.
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New Design for Wall Socket Fights Old Problem of Vampire Power
The Eco-Socket tries to solve that old problem of getting you to unplug devices you're not using.
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In Japan It's Taken A Nuclear Disaster To Get People To Bundle Up - What About the US?
With over 2GW of electricity offline after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, the Japanese are being told to bundle up to prevent blackouts. What will it take for the US to conserve energy?
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UK Solar Industry on the Ropes, Battling Dramatic Government Cuts
Having experienced an unprecedented boom, the UK solar industry may have to absorb over 50% cuts in Government subsidies. But industry insiders say there is another way.
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Will Belgium Abandon Nuclear Power Too?
Belgian politicians are the latest to consider a phase out of nuclear power. Is this a good thing?
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Internet Sucks Up 2% of Global Energy, Study Estimates
The internet is responsible for a big chunk of energy use, but it could actually increase even more to help us save energy.
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By 2031, Could Solar Be Main Source of Energy for Many Utilities?
20 years from now, 2011 may look like a turning point for solar power.
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Solar Charger Tweets How Much Energy You're Gathering From The Sun
A solar charger that helps you brag about how much solar energy you're using
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Ask Pablo: Paper or Plastic? Spending Cash vs Credit Cards
The correlation between consumerism and environmental impact goes without saying but aside from the
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Study: Energy Efficiency of Computers Doubling Every 18 Months
Those of us fighting the battle with computer batteries will appreciate this. Batteries have come a long way since the 1990s. For instance, if a MacBook Air were as efficient today as a 1991 computer, the battery would last for
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A Smart Grid Would Have Prevented Hundreds of Thousands From Losing Power
Irene left millions of people in the dark. But in the future, it won't have to be that way. This fascinating piece from the Daily Herald (via Grist) explains how having a smart grid in place would have prevented many of those power outages from
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Solar Power Can Produce Most Of Our Electricity & Half Of All Our Energy By 2060: IEA
Another projection on how much of our power could be produced by renewable energy: A new International Energy Agency assessment of solar power shows that photovoltaics and solar thermal power could provide "most" of the world's electricity and half of
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Another Reason We Need the Smart Grid: Record Heat
In case you're still among the set doubting if the smart grid is really necessary, Earth2Tech has a solid post explaining how record heat (something that is going to happen a lot more often, unfortunately) is a prime example of how the smart grid can
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Must Charging Points Come Before Electric Cars?
The UK Government's recent u-turn on public electric car charging infrastructure highlighted an important debate—are public charging stations a necessary precursor to wide-scale adoption of electric vehicles? On the one hand, some evidence
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A Former Coal Mining Community Fights for Environmental Justice (Video)
Image credit: Friends of the Earth UKWaste-to-energy incineration plants are often a controversial topic. While fancy incinerator-turned-ski-hill projects are a hit in the design-minded blogosphere, others worry about both air quality concerns and the
