Showing posts with label energy grid. Show all posts
Showing posts with label energy grid. Show all posts
Saturday, January 9, 2010

No More Power Lines?

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Sign of the past? Superconductor cables could replace transmission lines, such as these in Los Banos, Calif. Newscom/file From The Christian...
Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Who Needs The Grid?

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From The Atlantic: In the boardroom at Bloom Energy, a single picture hangs on the wall: a satellite image of the world at night. Clusters o...
Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Utility Energy Storage No Longer Just Giant Batteries

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(Credit: PG&E) From CNET News: If you need more evidence that energy storage is much more than lithium ion batteries, take a look at th...

DOE Announces $620 Million in Smart Grid Project Grants

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From Popular Science: While the Smart Grid we needed years ago is still years away, the Obama administration took a step forward today as En...
Thursday, October 15, 2009

Wiser Wires -- Smart grids

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From The Economist: Information technology can make electricity grids less wasteful and much greener. Businesses have lots of ideas and gove...
Friday, July 24, 2009

Wireless Power System Shown Off

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From BBC: A system that can deliver power to devices without the need for wires has been shown off at a hi-tech conference. The technique ex...
Friday, May 15, 2009

Can The Grid Handle Renewables?

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Photo: LIGHTS OUT FOR THE OLD GRID? A six-month study will test the grid's ability to handle the load and fluctuation of a surge of ren...
Monday, February 23, 2009

Our Grid: Powering Our 21st Century Lives With a 19th Century Design

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Transformer TRP: FearChild on WikiMedia From Pop Science: PopSci.com welcomes Dr. Bill Chameides, dean of Duke’s Nicholas School o...