News tagged with electricity prices

The most fuel-efficient hybrid and electric cars

Which are the most fuel-efficient hybrid and/or all-electric cars available to consumers today?

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Apr 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | 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

Hon Hai to hike salaries for Taiwan staff

Taiwan technology giant Hon Hai, which makes gadgets for Apple, said Thursday it would hike salaries for its Taiwan staff as prices on the island soar.

Technology / Business

created Apr 05, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Reducing cash bite of wind power

The State of Illinois is facing an important renewable energy deadline in 2025, and Northwestern University's Harold H. Kung has a piece of advice for Springfield to consider now: Investment Tax Credit.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Mar 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Solar water heaters use 1/3 energy, Progress Energy study finds

Progress Energy customers saved an average of $235 a year by switching to solar thermal water heater, representing an average annual savings of 63 percent on the water heater portion of their power bill.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Mar 28, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 4

New approach aims to slash cost of solar cells

Solar-powered electricity prices could soon approach those of power from coal or natural gas thanks to collaborative research with solar start-up Ampulse Corporation at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Mar 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Reduction in US carbon emissions attributed to cheaper natural gas

In 2009, when the United States fell into economic recession, greenhouse gas emissions also fell, by 6.59 percent relative to 2008.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 27, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (6) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Giving the electricity network more grunt

A new Queensland University of Technology (QUT) research project aims to overcome one of Australia's main hurdles to the increased use of wind and solar energy.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jan 13, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cambodia opens controversial mega-dam

Energy-starved Cambodia on Wednesday opened the country's largest hydropower dam to date, a multi-million dollar Chinese-funded project that has attracted criticism from environmental groups.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Swiss parliament approves nuclear plant phase out

The Swiss parliament's upper house on Wednesday approved plans to phase out the country's nuclear plants over the next two decades in the wake of the Fukushima disaster in Japan.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Sep 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

IBM survey reveals new type of energy concern: Lack of consumer understanding

IBM today unveiled findings from its "2011 IBM Global Utility Consumer Survey," which revealed that many consumers around the globe do not understand the basic unit of electricity pricing and other energy concepts used by ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Aug 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Electric car conversion business booming

Rising fuel prices have been painful for many small-business owners across the country.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jul 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Nanopillars significantly boost the power conversion efficiency of thin-film solar cells

One of the major challenges in the world today is the energy crisis. The high demand and low supply of fossil fuel are driving up oil and food prices. Silicon-based solar cells are one of the most promising ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created May 30, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

$25,000, 350-mile-per-charge electric car could be reality by 2017, DOE says

In an event flanked with all the electric cars that have recently come to market, and a handful of those that are poised for sale later this year, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu and L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa flipped ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 25, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (14) | comments 40

Germany outlines bold plan to drive electric

Germany outlined Monday a bold plan to rev up the number of all-electric cars on its roads from next to nothing to one million in under 10 years, helping its automakers shift into the key sector.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1