Tag: electricity

May 23, 2014
Electricity use slashed with efficiency controls for heating, cooling
Frances White, Original article on PNNL RICHLAND, Wash. – Commercial buildings could cut their heating and cooling electricity use by an average of 57 percent with advanced energy-efficiency controls, according to a year-long trial of the controls at malls, grocery stores and other buildings across the country. The study demonstrated higher energy savings than what was predicted […]

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March 25, 2014
Solar energy now same price as conventional power in Germany, Italy, Spain
Originally published on RT.com Solar energy now costs the same as conventionally generated electricity in Germany, Italy and Spain, a report has revealed. The research has warned, however, that high installation costs are impeding other countries from achieving grid parity. An analysis by consulting firm Eclareon, carried out on behalf of an international group of […]

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February 28, 2014
Talk About Natural Gas: Cow Belches Top Methane List
There’s a new methane champ, says the Environmental Protection Agency, which found in a new draft report on greenhouse gases that cattle passed the natural-gas industry as the biggest source of U.S. methane emissions in 2012. The EPA also revised some of its 2011 findings, again turning to cows as the culprit—specifically, enteric fermentation in cattle—in methane […]

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February 27, 2014
OutBack Power Unveils GridZero Energy Balancing, Advanced Battery Charging to Maximize Solar Power Investments
OutBack Power Technologies, Inc., a designer and manufacturer of advanced power electronics for renewable energy, backup power and mobile applications, today announced that three newly available additions to its Radian family of inverters will include GridZero energy balancing technology to ensure users get the most out of their solar power and energy storage investments, regardless of how […]

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February 25, 2014
Will Wyden Recharge the Batteries on the Finance Committee’s Energy Tax Reform Proposal?
By Mary Burke Baker, Cindy L. O’Malley, Nicholas A. Leibham,Karishma Shah Page, Ryan J. Severson, Andrés Gil, David A. Walker, Published by K&L Gates   In late 2013, the Senate Finance Committee released a tax reform staff discussion draft on energy (the “energy draft”) as part of a series of tax reform proposals. According to Committee staff, the energy draft “proposes […]

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February 14, 2014
NRDC and U.S. Utilities Urge Grid Payments for Solar
The Natural Resources Defense Council and the U.S. utility industry’s trade group are jointly calling for a new rate structure to account for customers that generate their own power with rooftop solar systems. Solar panels typically don’t meet a home’s entire power needs, and these customers continue to use the grid operated by utilities, the NRDC and […]

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January 27, 2014
Washington State Leads the Nation in Electricity Generation from Renewable Sources
Washington State generates about four-fifths of its electricity from renewable resources, including hydroelectric power, and it produces about one-fifth of the electricity generated nationwide from these resources. Some renewable resources provide energy in forms other than electricity, such as the wood used in wood stoves. When these other types of energy are included, renewable resources […]

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January 17, 2014
Hugging Hemes Help Electrons Hop
By Mary Beckman, Originally published by PNNL Researchers simulating how certain bacteria run electrical current through tiny molecular wires have discovered a secret Nature uses for electron travel. The results are key to understanding how the bacteria do chemistry in the ground, and will help researchers use them in microbial fuel cells, batteries, or for […]

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