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The Power of the Poles
Read this press release and see if you don’t start humming the Jetsons theme song to yourself: Future Transportation: Powered by Electricity. Pretty standard title, right? You’re thinking, Of course...
View ArticleSolar-powered inauguration events
In reviewing the itinerary for this weekend — an inaugural prelude that will feature Bono, Bruce and Beyonce, among others — I stumbled upon this, from the New York times Technology section: As...
View ArticleSolar tech in the news
So you know how the electricity created by solar panels comes from the fact that when a photon of light hits the semiconductor material, it displaces an electron, and the movement of the loose...
View ArticleCountry’s first solar air conditioner installed
In Florida, where air conditioning is considered more of a human right than a luxury, what is apparently the country’s very first solar-powered central AC unit has been installed. With a price tag of...
View ArticleThe Smart Grid, Part I: What Is It?
In the United States, electricity is generally something that we take for granted. We flip a switch and a light illuminates the room. Yet the system behind that switch is extremely complex and...
View ArticleSmart Grid in the Eye of the Beholder
The Platts Smart Grid Policy and Implementation Forum kicked off this morning with a keynote address from Dr. Alicia Jackson, the Science Policy Adviser to the Chairman of the Senate Energy Committee,...
View ArticleVideo Game To Teach Energy Management
The technology is shovel-ready. Utilities are beginning to make the big move and bring smart grid services to customers. But what if the American public doesn’t bite? Cutting-edge technologies designed...
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