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Congressional Unveiling of Major Energy Savings and Carbon Reduction...

Do you want to save 4.48-7.95 million metric tons (MMT) of carbon annually (equivalent to removing approximately between 3-5.4 million automobiles annually)? Do you want to save 25 to 42 Terawatt hours (billion kWh) per year (equivalent to 3 to 6 nuclear power plants or 6 to 10 coal-fired plants)? Do...

Published Tue, Nov 11 2009 9:22 AM by Hansen, Dain

Filed under: Energy Efficiency, General, Electrical Grid, Environment, Regulation, renewable energy, electricity, economic stimulus, Emerging Technologies, climate change, Energy Resources, Congress, manufacturing, energy

Let There Be (Incandescent) Light: A Different View

An editiorial in today's Washington Post, Let There Be (Incandescent) Light , declared, "Banning traditional light bulbs as used in private homes seems an effort in the name of environmental protection that has very little payoff." Earlier, the author, David Henderson, a teacher of environmental...

Published Fri, Oct 10 2009 4:27 PM by Silcox, Clark

Filed under: Energy Efficiency, electricity

Crush for Credit - Rebate Program for NEMA Premium Motors

Before Congress left town, a NEMA advocated provision was adopted into the U.S. Senate's new energy bill. Senator Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) offered an amendment that would create a NEMA-Premium "crush for credit" motor rebate program . The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA...

Published Thu, Apr 04 2009 12:45 PM by Hansen, Dain

Filed under: Energy Efficiency, Regulation, electricity

Smart Grid Depends on Standards. . . Soon

If you heard the term Smart Grid 12 months ago, you might have wondered what it meant. Now, the term is everywhere. Even President Obama referred to Smart Grid in his first address to the Nation after his inauguration. Newspapers, magazines, websites, blogs, domestic and international, are all discussing...

Published Mon, Feb 02 2009 2:56 PM by Scolnik, Alvin

Filed under: Energy Efficiency, Smart Grid, Electrical Grid, grid, electricity

Energy Storage Technology Is Vital For "Smart" Grid Efforts

NEMA is taking the lead in making Smart Grid and Energy Storage technologies a reality. The NEMA Energy Storage Council (ESC) has held successful meetings where attendees have drafted a list of application categories that help define where Energy Storage (ES) and Distributed Generation (DG) technologies...

Published Wed, Jan 01 2009 12:08 PM by Schweitzer, Eric

Filed under: Energy Efficiency, Smart Grid, Electrical Grid, Economy, Environment, Regulation, transmission, grid, Intelligent Transportation Management, Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles, NARUC, electricity, demand response, wind, DC power distribution, Economics

SEMI Gets It!

Recently, the Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International ( SEMI ) released an article announcing the publication of a white paper prepared by its SEMI PV Group. This group supports SEMI members "serving the crystalline and thin film photovoltaic (PV) supply chains." In describing the...

Published Wed, Oct 10 2008 10:21 AM by leibowitzm

Filed under: Energy Efficiency, General, Environmental Design, Environment, renewable energy, electricity

NEMA Member "Lights Up" Michael Phelps...

The buildings and architecture in this year's Olympics has been innovative and beautiful. Everything from the "Birds Nest" to the "Water Cube", each building has a gorgeous component to them. Even more impressive is the lighting on the "water cube", the same building...

Published Wed, Aug 08 2008 9:20 AM by Hansen, Dain

Filed under: Energy Efficiency, electricity

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