Smart Grid not living up to its name – costly upgrade will likely increase profits of Utilities without saving customers money or energy
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Big Energy firms avoid grilling for price gouging during cold winter
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The UK government has issued a draft policy document empowering town halls to bring in decentralised energy schemes.
A 12-week consultation exercise on revised planning policy statements (PPSs) covering climate change and the natural environment was launched last week.
Councils are urged to assess their area to secure decentralised energy opportunities to meet the needs of new development. ‘Local authorities should look for greater integration of waste management with the provision of decentralised energy, co-location of potential heat suppliers and users and district heating networks based on renewable energy from waste, surplus heat and biomass,’ says the draft.
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The company recently raised $5m, a step forward in its aim to become a major corporate player in the solar panel market. But this tiny start up is making some inflated claims.
1BOG sounds to British ears like a good name for a toilet.
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More details of the Bloom Box have been revealed at a carefully managed press conference in California. The much-hyped off-grid source of cheap electricity will not lead us all to disconnect from the grid tomorrow, but it is undoubtedly disruptive technology, and very exciting for the off-grid community.
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A new but still unseen fuel cell technology that its creator claims can be an off-grid source of cheap energy, and clean power, is about to get its formal debut
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Because we live off the grid, people seem to think we live in a shack without modern conveniences. Totally not true, but we do have to be frugal with our energy usage. On sunny days, we can turn on all sorts of appliances at the same time, allowing me to vacuum and wash clothes while we brew coffee, heat stuff in the microwave, watch TV, and surf the Web.
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 — The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee issued the following news release:
Sens. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Mark Udall (D-CO) today introduced legislation to direct the Department of Energy to develop innovative, low-cost nuclear reactors. The Nuclear Power 2021 Act (S.2812) proposes a program to design and certify small modular reactors (< 300 megawatts) which can be built and operated in combination with similar reactors at a single site.
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One of the most important attacks on the power industry ever made by a serving politician
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Luxury home in ski resort is fitted with all latest green gadgetry
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Careful planning can decrease the amount of energy consumption of an off-grid building — a key issue if you don’t want to maintain a shed full of batteries. A house built with energy efficiency in mind can consume as little as a tenth of the average grid connected house! Here are things to consider:
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Biomass for Energy 2nd International Conference on
Biomass 20th to 22nd Sept in Kyiv, Ukraine. Open to
bioenergy researchers, consultants and consumers.
Email geletukha@biomass.kiev.ua
or see website for more information
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