Thomas Edison’s direct current technology is gaining popularity as engineers are finding that it can carry electricity over long distances with less loss of power than alternating current.
11.16.2011
Categories: cap and trade, carbon dioxide emisisons, Christie, Christopher J, Delaware, Electric Light and Power, Energy Business, environment, global warming, greenhouse emissions, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Home Wind Power, Maryland, Massachusetts, New England States (US), New Jersey, New York State, Politics and Policy, Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, rggi, Solar Power, Solar Power Generation, Wind Power, Wind Power Generation | Add a Comment
A study estimates that the 10 states in the regional initiative will realize $1.6 billion from a three-year period in which the cap-and-trade market operated.
11.12.2011
Categories: environment, global warming, greenhouse emissions, Home Wind Power, Solar Power, Solar Power Generation, Wind Power, Wind Power Generation | Add a Comment
MIT researchers say a hybrid solar-thermoelectric system they’re working on would provide a big advantage over conventional solar cells or solar thermal systems, particularly for household use: the ability to produce heat and electricity simultaneous…
11.10.2011
Categories: Air Pollution, Breaking News, Electric Light and Power, Electricite de France, Energy Business, Energy Economics, environment, France, Fukushima Daiichi, Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (Japan), global warming, greenhouse emissions, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Henri Proglio, Hollande, Francois, Home Wind Power, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Labor and Jobs, Le Parisien, Proglio, Henri, Sarkozy, Nicolas, Solar Power, Solar Power Generation, Wind Power, Wind Power Generation | Add a Comment
The chief executive of Electricite de France says it would cost France $544 billion to replace its nuclear plants, which provide three-quarters of its electricity.
11.09.2011
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Scientists have published the world’s first research paper on work that tested the viability of urine as a potential fuel for Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs) in order to directly produce electricity.
11.08.2011
Categories: Alternative and Renewable Energy, Alternative Energy, Electric Light and Power, environment, global warming, greenhouse emissions, Home Wind Power, Nippon Paper Industries, Pacific Northwestern States (US), peak demand, Port Angeles, renewable energy, Solar Power, Solar Power Generation, The Landing Mall, Wash., Wind Power, Wind Power Generation, wood waste | Add a Comment
In addition to households, a wholesale electricity supplier in the Northwest has enlisted a paper mill to take more power when excess wind energy flows to the grid.
11.03.2011
Categories: Africa, Birth Control and Family Planning, development, Economic Conditions and Trends, Electric Light and Power, energy poverty, environment, family planning, Far East, South and Southeast Asia and Pacific Areas, global warming, greenhouse emissions, Home Wind Power, International Relations, Solar Power, Solar Power Generation, United Nations, United Nations Development Program, Wind Power, Wind Power Generation | Add a Comment
A look at the glaring gaps between and within countries on access to electricity and contraceptives.
11.03.2011
Categories: Africa, Birth Control and Family Planning, development, Economic Conditions and Trends, Electric Light and Power, energy poverty, environment, family planning, Far East, South and Southeast Asia and Pacific Areas, global warming, greenhouse emissions, Home Wind Power, International Relations, Solar Power, Solar Power Generation, United Nations, United Nations Development Program, Wind Power, Wind Power Generation | Add a Comment
A look at the glaring gaps between and within countries on access to electricity and contraceptives.
11.02.2011
Categories: AES Corp|AES|NYSE, environment, global warming, greenhouse emissions, Home Wind Power, Laurel Mountain (West Va), Solar Power, Solar Power Generation, Wind Power, Wind Power Generation | Add a Comment
A wind farm in West Virginia has been using big containers of batteries to make the electricity from 61 turbines more useful to the power grid.
10.28.2011
Categories: "Reinventing Fire: Bold Business Solutions for the New Energy Era", Amory B. Lovins, environment, global warming, greenhouse emissions, Home Wind Power, renewable energy, Solar Power, Solar Power Generation, Wind Power, Wind Power Generation | Add a Comment
A new book predicts that an emphasis on efficiency and real costs will make renewable energy the inevitable replacement for fossil fuels.
