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Efficiency embraces both suppliers and end users. Generation facilities use 5 to 6 percent of the electricity they produce to power their own operations. Transmission losses drain off an additional 2 to 3 percent, while distribution accounts for an additional loss of 5 to 6 percent. Fortunately, the industry is aggressively exploring ways to increase its own efficiency while rolling out programs to help end users do the same. Scroll down to learn more about both sides of this topic.
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SBI Energy, the leading industrial market research firm behind bestselling titles Electric Vehicle(EV) Infrastructure Manufacturing and Smart Grid Micro Grid Energy T&D and Storage, has added ICT Energy Efficiency: Commercial and Industrial to its growing catalog of reports covering sustainable power resources worldwide. |
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While modest in size, a TVA pilot project could tell the utility a lot about how customers would respond to energy efficiency and conservation and peak demand reduction measures that could become an integral part of the Smart Grid. |
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A new government lab report says Smart Grid technologies could reduce energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions by up to 18% in 20 years if they are thoroughly implemented. |
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The Energy Department has selected 17 projects to get a total of $37 million for high-efficiency solid-state lighting core research, product development and U.S. manufacturing. The impact could be substantial because lighting accounts for about a quarter of the electricity used in the country. |
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The makers of a variety of household appliances are required to certify with the Energy Department that their products meet the agency's minimum appliance conservation standards. DOE is putting pressure on those manufacturers to comply or face civil penalties or fines. |
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The City of Yangzhou and GE (NYSE: GE) will be working together to help bring the benefits of smart grid technologies to China. GE is building an extensive smart grid demonstration center in the Yangzhou New Economy and Development Zone that will verify how GE technologies deployed throughout the world can help China improve the reliability, efficiency and carbon footprint of its energy delivery. Yangzhou is located on the Yangtze River in China’s Jiangsu province. |
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The DOE has awarded $47 million in Recovery Act money to develop ways to improve energy efficiency in the flourishing information technology and communications technology sectors. Some of the award winners may surprise you. |
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Washington Gas (NYSE: WGL) and Honeywell (NYSE: HON) have been selected by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) to jointly design, install and maintain a central utility and cogeneration plant and distribution system at St. Elizabeths West Campus in Washington, D.C. The plant will meet up to 30 percent of the peak energy demand for the campus, which will serve as the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) headquarters as well as its agencies: the U.S. Coast Guard; Federal Emergency Management Agency; Immigration and Customs Enforcement; Customs and Border Protection and Transportation Security Administration. As a result, it will improve energy security, minimize stress on the local electrical grid and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. |
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New York City has hundreds of thousands of buildings which are responsible for 79% of the city's greenhouse gas emissions. But the City Council this week approved a law requiring owners of large buildings to conduct energy audits and perform environmental tune-ups. Activists call it one of the most aggressive efforts of its kind in the country. |
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Power Efficiency Corporation (OTCBB: PEFF - News), a clean tech company focused on efficiency technologies for electric motors, announced today that a nationally recognized independent laboratory that performs testing for the electrical utility sector was commissioned to test the company’s Motor Efficiency Controllers with E-Save Technology. The products were tested for energy savings, motor temperature and power quality. The test results validated that E-Save Technology reduces energy consumption and motor temperature on variably loaded electric motors and that the company’s Motor Efficiency Controllers can meet the harsh environmental demands required for industrial, commercial and residential products. |
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Orion Energy Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: OESX) on December 8 was awarded a patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark office for the cooling properties incorporated in the power technology enterprise’s Compact Modular™ high intensity fluorescent (HIF) lighting platform.
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When the tiny rural Kansas plains town of Greenburg was flattened by a tornado in 2007, its residents promised to rebuild and transform it into a green and sustainable community. The DOE is offering a free webinar on Tuesday, Dec. 15, on how Greenburg is being rebuilt as a model green community. |
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Matching deployment of renewable energy and the goals set for its adoption can be facilitated by utilizing existing technologies without having to wait for new technical breakthroughs. DC Microgrids are just such an idea. The iPhone is a proxy for the load because it is an electronic device that consumes direct current, also known as “DC”, and electronic devices are the growing part of the load - already exceeding 50% in many buildings. |
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U.K. Energy Minister Lord Hunt today officially opened Europe’s first Smart Grid Center at a ceremony held at GE Energy’s Bracknell headquarters. The new center supports the United Kingdom’s effort to help consumers use energy more efficiently and cut carbon emissions. |
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Glendale Water & Power (GWP) will soon debut Green Allowance, a new web-based service that gives kids the tools and motivation to champion energy conservation and help them actually earn a Green Allowance. The free program is being developed through a first-in-the-nation agreement between the Southern California Public Power Authority (SCPPA) and Green Allowance LLC in New York. The program includes an innovative and kid-friendly website, www.greenallowance.com, which provides practical ideas and customized assignments for kids -- showing how they can save energy and, in turn, save money. Kids are encouraged to make a deal with their parents to share the savings on their electric bill – savings that are calculated and programmed to show up on their home computers every billing cycle. The Green Allowance program website is scheduled to be launched this month. See the demonstration website at www.greenallowance.com. |
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Benjamin Kott, Green Business Operations Project Manager at Google, discusses Google's products and efforts in the direction of energy efficiency. Mr. Kott was interviewed at The Smart Grids Summit 2009.
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The price of electricity isn't the only issue consumers are focused on today, suggests Aleksandr Rudkevich, VP in the Energy & Environment Practice of Charles River Associates. Many are increasingly concerned about the impact of their carbon footprint on energy consumption. Rudkevich explains how measuring the Marginal Carbon Intensity of electricity demand in real-time presents a new dimension on which utilities and customers can interact through a Smart Grid marketplace. |
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In the hoopla over Smart Grid technologies and what it all means for utilities, industry consultant Pamela Lesh suggests we often overlook one of the simplest reasons for making the grid smarter. |
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The City of Colwood has joined forces with Horizon Technologies to showcase clean energy and Smart Grid technologies in partnership with the T’Sou-ke First Nation, environmental and energy associations, two local universities, and local high-tech businesses and experts.
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Honeywell (NYSE: HON) today announced a $79-million renewable energy and building retrofit program with Eastern Illinois University (EIU) in Charleston, Ill. The program, which combines energy-efficient facility upgrades with one of the largest biomass-fueled heating plants on a university campus, will help EIU address deferred maintenance, improve its infrastructure, and save approximately $140 million in energy and operating costs over the next two decades. |
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Zerofootprint has developed the TalkingPlug™, an easy-to-use stand-alone device that both industry and residential consumers can install to better manage their energy consumption. |
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In response to sharply increasing market demand for tools that make carbon measurement both easier and more meaningful, Zerofootprint today announced the TalkingPlug(TM), a revolutionary technology that empowers organizations and individuals with the ability to make a difference in how they use energy without increased effort.
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The University of California, San Diego has embarked on a $73 million program to increase the energy efficiency of 25 of its older buildings to lower their combined energy consumption by at least $6 million a year. The project is part of a larger $247.4 million University of California initiative to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions and cut energy costs at its 10 campuses by $36 million annually. |
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This video discusses the need for a new Smart Grid and depicts visually how it will work. The presentation uses facts and figures to demonstrate the benefits.
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The National Information Solutions Cooperative (NISC) announced to its member utilities recently that it has signed a channel partnership with Google to provide energy information to consumers. John T. Brock reveals what this move means.
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