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CFLs and power quality

Warren Miller on October 28, 2008

The issue of the effect of the change to CFLs on power quality was noted earlier in the year. As an update, the Australian Government's program to eliminate inefficient incandescent bulbs is recognising this problem, and the regulatory impact statement for the intended legislation proposes that CFLs will be required to meet the emission requirements of AS 61000.3.2 (the local adoption of IEC 61000.3.2). This has been strongly supported by the Energy Networks Association, which represents the electricity distributors, who make the point that, without ...

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Keywords lighting | power quality | compact fluorescent

Arnold Schwarzenegger at Solar Power International

Jonathan Buck on October 22, 2008

Just back from an amazing Solar Power conference and exhibition in San Diego, California. Over 20 000 professional delegates and a surprise address from Arnie ...

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Keywords renewable | solar power

Is Recycling Solar Cells Dangerous?

Dean Dowd on October 23, 2008

The solar industry is no spring chicken, but the recent boom and ongoing rapid growth begs an important question: How do I recycle used or ...

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The US energy savings potential and who pays for it!

Sergio Ferreira on December 2, 2008

Leonardo ENERGY is hosting this webinar on the 5th Dec at 15:00 (GMT +1). Registrations here . By Inês Lima de Azevedo, from the ...

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Keywords energy | energy savings | cost | us | web

European Scientists Look To Globalize Solar Energy Grid

Dean Dowd on December 1, 2008

A global solar energy grid? That seems a bit farfetched, or is it? Based on current nanotechnology and expected improvements and innovations, European scientists are ...

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Keywords energy | solar energy grid | solar energy

Swiss solar island project under construction in the UAE desert

Philippa Martin-King on November 24, 2008

The Swiss centre of electronic and micro technology, CSEM (Centre suisse d'électronique et de microtechnique), a Neuchâtel-based research centre, is busy installing the ...

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Keywords energy | island | thermal energy | solar energy

Green Data Centers:Game Changer for Energy & Utility Organizations

Saurabh Surana on November 11, 2008

Why Green Datacenters and what are they, anyway? With rising energy prices, energy use among businesses in the Energy and Utilities industry is in the ...

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Keywords energy | energy & utility | green datacenters | energy efficiency

New DOE Funding Aims to Lower Costs of Solar Energy Storage

Dean Dowd on October 27, 2008

With all of the recent attention on soaring energy costs, many Americans have felt and expressed frustration with our government's failure to find better ...

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Keywords renewable | doe | solar storage | solar energy

eBook on Energy Efficiency Policy and Measures

Hans De Keulenaer on October 12, 2008

At Leonardo ENERGY, we've just completed version 1.0 of a new eBook on energy efficiency policy & measures . We tried to avoid building yet ...

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Keywords energy | energy efficiency | policy

Could running your own hybrid vehicle actually contribute energy?

Philippa Martin-King on October 6, 2008

A recent article which appeared on engadget, talks of the new type of electric V2G vehicle, the Vehicle-to-grid. The University of Delaware research centre explains ...

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Keywords transport | grid | hybrid cars

When a LED is only mechanical and time simply relative!

Pippa Rojo on October 1, 2008

The University of Cambridge college Corpus Christi has just unveiled a very different type of clock. It appears to use the latest in electronics but ...

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Keywords misc | iec | natural passion | leds

Concentrating photovoltaics - Industry views

Hans De Keulenaer on September 24, 2008

Concentration photovoltaics (CPV) offers one of the most promising utility-scale, renewable energy technology options. Many companies are testing their CPV products and some have already ...

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How Sustainable is a kWh?

Sergio Ferreira on September 23, 2008

Leonardo ENERGY, on its education role has produced an Eco-Sheet mapping the main environmental impacts of generating a kWh from different energy sources. The results ...

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Keywords energy | emissions | electricity | environment | generation

MOST EFFICIENT SOLAR TECHNOLOGY

Jayanti Thakkar on September 21, 2008

i AM LOOKING FOR MOST EFFICIENT SOLAR TECHNOLOGY FOR DOMESTIC USE SHOULD BE COST EFFECTIVE. JAYANTI THAKKAR mithioverseas@yahoo.com

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Keywords renewable | most efficient solar technology

Twelve Year-Old Boy Invents More Efficient Solar Cell

Kristen Lee on September 20, 2008

William Yuan, at 12 years of age, has invented a solar cell that makes use of not only visible light, but also ultraviolet light. Apparently ...

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Keywords energy | solar cells | solar energy | solar power

The Fuel of Coal-Combined Biomass

Shinichi Nishidate on September 4, 2008

Iwakura co. which is a member of Japan Wood pellet Association has addressed to develop Fuel of Coal-Combined Biomass, and they obtained cooperation from Hokkaido ...

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Keywords energy | coal fuel | wood biomass

Does the Cloud have a Chrome-plated Lining?

Bill Thompson on September 3, 2008

The release of the ‘Chrome’ browser by Google has dominated the technology coverage in the way that the US party conventions have dominated political coverage ...

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Keywords energy | chrome | cloud | google

Australian Government incentives on solar power in homes

Jonathan Buck on September 3, 2008

First admission: I work for the IEC, the organization that supports wattwatt. Second admission: I work in communications. But I couldn't help sharing this ...

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Ocean energy for Ireland = horse with a furlong start

Philippa Martin-King on August 15, 2008

Thomas C. Foley, who's US Ambassador to Ireland recently said this: "If I came up to you and said I knew how to get ...

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Keywords renewable | ireland | ocean | ocean energy | ocean waves

Honda Looking to "Super" Lithium-Ion Battery for Future Hybrids

Kristen Lee on August 13, 2008

One common complaint about batteries currently used in hybrid electric vehicles is that they're only powerful enough for small, light vehicles. As early as ...

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Keywords transport | hev | battery | hybrid cars

Slowly turning green

Bill Thompson on August 12, 2008

An interesting survey into attitudes towards green computing from CDW's ITMonitor shows that while the majority of US "IT decision makers" think green issues ...

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Keywords responsibility | green computing

Are we becoming more energy efficient by using electrical products?

Katharine Pearson on August 5, 2008

I recently heard that using a Dishwasher at home actually saves energy compared to traditional washing-up... to which my first reaction was that it was ...

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'Major discovery' from MIT primed to unleash solar revolution

Jose Vaz Pinto on August 1, 2008

Scientists mimic essence of plants' energy storage system A breakthrough of the MIT Solar Revolution Project mimic essence of plants energy storage system, in a ...

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Keywords energy | green electricity | fuel cells | photosynthesis

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