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Refrigeration Battery for saving energy
the Refrigeration Battery from Axiom. Apparently those giant coolers and fridges full of all that unhealthy frozen prepared food eat up 56 percent of a … Refrigeration Battery for saving energyRead more
Posted inBattery / Energy / ToMl
Game-changing batteries
One of the main challenges of running a power grid is that supply and demand have to be in balance at all times. This means … Game-changing batteriesRead more
Posted inCoal / Energy / Pollution / ToMl
State Fines Duke Energy $25 Million For Coal Waste, Still Doesn’t Require Cleanup
North Carolina’s environmental agency handed Duke Energy a record fine Tuesday after finding the company let coal ash contaminants from one plant leach into groundwater … State Fines Duke Energy $25 Million For Coal Waste, Still Doesn’t Require CleanupRead more
Posted inEconomics / Energy / ToMl
Free-market dogma has jacked up our electricity bills
A new analysis shows that people pay 35 percent more for electricity in states that abandoned traditional regulation of monopoly utilities in the 1990s compared … Free-market dogma has jacked up our electricity billsRead more
Posted inEconomics / Energy / Fossil fuel / Renewable / ToMl
Wind and solar are much less financially risky than other power projects
energy researcher Benjamin Sovacool and colleagues recently released a pair of peer-reviewed studies that dig way, waaay into this subject. Some of the results are … Wind and solar are much less financially risky than other power projectsRead more
Posted inEfficiency / Energy / ToMl
Energy Efficiency Is The Most Important Fuel
Energy efficiency has graduated from the “hidden fuel” to the “first fuel.” That’s the word from a new analysis the International Energy Agency published Tuesday, … Energy Efficiency Is The Most Important FuelRead more
Posted inEnergy / Grid / ToMl
Smart Grid Technologies Continue to Spread
Driven by increasing shares of renewable energy in the electricity generation mix and by the need to update aging grid infrastructure, global investment in “smart … Smart Grid Technologies Continue to SpreadRead more
Posted inEfficiency / Energy / ToMl
Energy efficiency could reduce electricity bills by £10 billion a year
A new report published today by Green Alliance and WWF-UK [1] argues that the upcoming Energy Bill must incentivise energy efficiency and create a ‘market’ … Energy efficiency could reduce electricity bills by £10 billion a yearRead more