Tag: Electricity
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Tesla's big battery will change power and politics
It puts paid to arguments for coal fired base load.
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Big batteries can store power when the sun doesn't shine
And there are all kinds of them, from salt to water to flywheels.
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Utility offers $450 rebate for electric cars—even used ones
So far, most incentives have rewarded new car buyers. Southern California Edison is now helping out secondhand buyers too.
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Power-Blox uses swarm intelligence to create autonomous 'Internet of energy' micro-grids
The company has developed a scalable energy product that can create plug-and-power grids capable of storing and distributing electricity from a variety of inputs.
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European power companies: No new coal after 2020
It seems that reports of the death of coal have not been exaggerated.
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Tesla will kill the duck in Australia in 100 days or it’s free
Elon Musk lays down a bet in a tweet that might change everything down under.
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Tesla kills the duck with big batteries
Almost nobody saw this coming so fast.
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China to spend $361 billion on green energy, predicts 13 million jobs
This is awesome. And it still won't be enough...
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Yet another country, and two huge utilities, finished with coal
There really is no viable scenario where coal is coming back.
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European Union drops plans to make toasters more efficient
Efficiency standards are now toast because of worries of "over-reach and intrusiveness".
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Germany's Bundesrat calls for end of internal combustion engine powered cars by 2030
Electric cars will change everything, but then everything has to change.
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British utility allows businesses to buy "local" renewable energy
Should we care where our electrons come from?
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New Yorkers overwhelmingly support a clean energy future
The Nature Conservancy’s new research shows New Yorkers want to take action against climate change.
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Which is more energy efficient for cooking: gas or induction?
Some cooks still say gas is fast and easier to control, but it's really not true anymore.
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Brexellent! UK burns no coal for first time since 1882
Some good news from my home country. For a change...
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Electric cars are dirty!
Robert Llewellyn offers a silent, irreverent take down of a pervasive myth.
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US power sector emissions down 12% since 2005
And that's before renewable energy really gets going.
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Is DC Power “slow electricity”?
DC can do everything that AC can do, but can you get enough of it?
