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Posts Tagged ‘Electricity’
- Rice Husk Biomass Gas Brings Electricity To Rural India
A start-up called Husk Power Systems, funded by the likes of Shell and Acumen Funds, will have set up nearly 170 power plants in rural India fueled by locally abundant biomass rice-husks by the end of 2010.
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- Bovine-Powered Treadmill Gets Cows Moo-ving To Produce Electricity
Cows: producers of milk and, thanks to William Taylor’s Livestock Power Mill, of electricity as well. Cows walk along the mill’s belt, generating electricity while snacking from a feed box.
- Scientist Think Tank Thinking About PHEVs And The Smart Grid
With the imminent arrival of large quantities of plug-in electric cars, scientists from Argonne are working on a smarter smart grid capable of intelligently distributing electricity among appliances.
- Coalition Of Groups Form To Educate Consumers About Smart Grids
In an effort to educate consumers on smart grid technology, companies such as IBM, Best Buy, and GE have formed the Smart Grid Consumer Collaborative to perpetuate smart grid knowledge.
- GE Survey Finds Americans Warming Up To Smart Grid Idea
A recent survey conducted by GE and StrategyOne revealed that Americans are ready to embrace the smart grid — specifically, a time-of-use pricing model shown to provide financial savings.
- New eMonitor Tracks Down Your Energy Habits Like A Bloodhound
The eMonitor, a new energy management device by Powerhouse Dynamics, provides energy usage information down to individual circuits, allowing specific appliances to be pinpointed as energy hogs.
- Solar-Powered, Light Up Green Toilet Paper – Yup, Really
Instead of turning on every light in the house to guide you to your toilet in the dead of night, let the emerald blush of a Glow In the Dark Loo Roll lead you to relief.
- HumanCar Takes Page From Fred Flintstone Via Human Power
In the mood for some exercise in tandem with your driving? We suggest the HumanCar, a vehicle whose forward propulsion is supplied by the rowing motion of its one to four occupants.
- Poll: People Would Cut Back Electric Usage If Knew Real Time Details
A recent Harris Poll not only revealed that electricity users would reduce consumption if usage and cost results were made known to them, but that many didn’t even know such information could be offered.
- Tio the Friendly Ghost Busts Kids on Energy
A new light switch concept from designer Tim Holley helps kids develop good green habits at home by reminding them how long they’ve left the lights on.
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