Tag: Electricity - Page 9
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What Are the Top States for Energy Efficiency? Did Yours Make the Cut?
The Center for American Progress has ranked the Top 10 states for policies that promote energy efficiency. The report cautions, however, that even those states on the list haven't fully tapped into the power of using less power.
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The Stylish Watt-Lite Creates An Energy Use Infographic in Real Time (Photos)
"A regular torch shows what is hidden in the dark, the Watt-Lite shows the hidden use of electricity", this is the essential purpose of a set of three lights created by designers at Stolkholm's
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See-Through Car is Super Efficient (307 mpg!)
This car turns heads. It's clear. And clearly one of the most efficient in the world. It was built by students at the DeLaSalle Automotive Design Studio in Kansas City, Missouri, as a high school class
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Artful Transmission Towers Designed to Look Like Us
Who says that transmission towers need to be ugly? One of the biggest downsides of having easy access to energy has long been the unsightly way it's carried from place to place, but one US design firm hopes to revolutionize all
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Progress? 302.5 Million Smart Meters Installed by 2015
According to Berg Insight, the worldwide installed base of smart electricity meters will hit over 300 million by 2015. The research firm states that over the next five years, smart meter technology is projected to move
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Drying Clothes Indoors: What's the Greenest Method?
I once very publicly confessed my laziness in putting up a clothes line, and the battles over clothes lines and property values are well publicized by now. But whether you are an avid outdoor drier, or you wouldn't be seen
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46,000 Square Miles Of Forest Needed To Supply 120 Planned US Wood-Fired Power Plants
Biomass burning for electricity still looks to be a political and environmental black hole, presenting more dreadful questions than a tree hugger
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Are Your Mattress And Bedframe Killing You With EMF?
Forget the tinfoil hat, it is time for tinfoil pyjamas. Scientific American tells us that the bed frames and box springs in most American beds are half the wavelength of TV and FM signals and are acting
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Win a Home Energy Monitor! Enter Our Sweepstakes with Microsoft Hohm
We're seeing a boost in partnerships between software and hardware companies when it comes to monitoring energy consumption at home. The latest partnership joins up Microsoft's Hohm, an online platform for managing energy use,
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New, Transparent Solar Technology Could Hide Photovoltaics in Your Clothes
The graphene organic photovoltaic manufacturing process. Courtesy of USC Viterbi School of Engineering. Guest bloggers Andrea Donsky and Randy Boyer are co-founders of NaturallySavvy.com. Bulky solar-powered gear is nothing new, but imagine charging
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Use Natural Gas & Carbon Tax, Forget Carbon Capture, To Help Transition Off Coal: Report
Another take on the how to transition from coal-based electricity and its huge carbon emissions
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GE Survey Shows Consumers' Love for Smart Grid is Growing
With consumers only just starting to hear the term "smart grid," let alone trust utilities as they install millions of smart meters in homes nationwide, we're used to hearing stories about how consumers are pushing back against
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After Oil, The Extreme Risk of Biofuel Dependency
I have cleared small plots with axe and saw, and afterward felt a sense of accomplishment. Probably that feeling is
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Fighting the Heat with a Smarter Grid
When the temperature climbs, demand on the power grid goes up with the mercury. The culprits are a million air conditioners cranked to full blast and the result, when things get really hot, is sometimes a power outage. To combat this
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Ask Pablo: Should I Use a Diesel Generator or Batteries?
Image Source: kylemac Dear Pablo: I work for an international organization for development cooperation. In our projects, we frequently receive requests to provide small generators to be used as back up during power outages, which are quite frequent. The
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Smart Grid Spending To Plateau at $35 Billion in 3 Years
The smart grid has been a lumbering but steady and inevitable presence in the utility industry, with a speedy uptake in the number of start-ups interested in creating everything from energy storage technology to user
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Ask Pablo: Waste Incineration, Good Or Bad?
Today the word "incineration" means much more than just burning trash
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Japanese Gov't Urges the Extinction of Night Owls
While the environmental impact from fuels like gas and coal are well-known, Japan has now set its sights on folks who burn the midnight oil. In hopes of reducing the nation's carbon output, the Japanese Environment Ministry
