News tagged with electric utilities

Taking an innovative approach to battery design

You have to give Donald Sadoway points for style: Not many professors come to the last class of a semester dressed in black tie, decorate the table with linen and a vase of fresh roses, and toast their students ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Apr 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Rebates to cut price of $60 LED bulb

(AP) -- How much would you pay for an amazing, state-of-the-art light bulb? Shoppers will be asking themselves that very question at Home Depot and other outlets starting Sunday - Earth Day - when the bulb ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Apr 16, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 33

Energy mythbusting: The truth about those energy-saving tips

You've read the energy-saving tips. You've armed yourself with caulk. You're ready to do some serious damage to your gas and electric bills. Not so fast.

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created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 5

Improving the physics of grocery store display cases to save energy

Shoppers don't usually give a second thought as they reach into a cooler to grab milk, cheese or prepackaged lunches. Open-front refrigerated display cases, which make up roughly 60 percent of the refrigerated ...

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Reducing faults created by vegetation contact on utility lines

It’s the last play of the big game, only seconds left and the quarterback throws toward the end zone and … blackness.

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 19, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Report: 'Smart' meters have security holes

(AP) -- Computer-security researchers say new "smart" meters that are designed to help deliver electricity more efficiently also have flaws that could let hackers tamper with the power grid in previously ...

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created Mar 26, 2010 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 4

GM to launch plug-in hybrid SUV in 2011

General Motors will launch a plug-in hybrid sport utility vehicle under the Buick brand in 2011, the automaker said Thursday.

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created Aug 07, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 4