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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

Tamper-Resistant Receptacle Requirements in 2008 NEC Adopted in 29 States

With 30 states having completed adoption processes for the 2008 National Electrical Code® (NEC), support for section 406.11, which requires tamper-resistant receptacles to be installed in new homes, has been overwhelmingly positive. Twenty-nine of the 30 states have adopted the 2008 NEC with the...

Published Wed, Aug 08 2009 10:20 AM by Moldoveanu, Andrei

Filed under: Electrical Safety, Safety and Standardization, electricity, Tamper Resistant Receptacles, 2008 NEC, Indiana

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

Phantoms and Vampires

Several months ago I wrote about a new utility program my family has joined that gives us more information about our electricity usage. So on Tuesday we received our bill for the mid-December to mid-January period. On the back of the statement was a helpful reminder about the "energy "vampires"...

Published Thu, Jan 01 2009 3:30 PM by updykec

Filed under: 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

Water, Water, Where?

You may have noticed that the future of our water supply has been getting more attention lately. What does that have to do with electricity? Of course, quite a bit of electricity is generated by the flow of water and even more can be into the future. But electricity also plays a major role in whether...

Published Fri, Sep 09 2008 1:06 PM by updykec

Filed under: Environment, renewable energy, electricity

Potential Nanotechnology Breakthrough for Li-Ion Battery Safety

I read a recent article , " Planar Energy Devices Plans to Produce PowerBlade Advanced Battery in U.S. ", announcing a breakthrough in lithium-ion battery safety, showing promise in a new generation of battery technology that meets the power output demands of large energy storage systems while...

Published Mon, Sep 09 2008 2:29 PM by leibowitzm

Filed under: Smart Grid, General, Electrical Safety, Electrical Grid, grid, electricity

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