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.
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Jan 13, 2012
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Ex-US general warns of growing cyber threat
A US adversary would currently be unable to bring down the entire US electrical grid using cyber weapons but such a scenario is conceivable within two to five years, the former vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff ...
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Dec 7, 2011
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Offshore wind turbine test center planned for Eastern Shore
A new international partnership of energy companies announced plans Wednesday to build a facility in Northampton County, Va., where offshore wind turbines can be tested on solid ground.
Energy & Green Tech
Oct 18, 2011
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IBM and EKZ make electric vehicle charging more convenient with new smartphone application
IBM Research today announced that it has teamed with EKZ, the electricity utility provider of the Canton of Zurich in Switzerland, on a new pilot project that will allow consumers to conveniently charge electric vehicles ...
Energy & Green Tech
Oct 13, 2011
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Solar systems: Energy from sun can pay for panels in about 10 years
Ben Cuker lives what he teaches as a professor of marine and environmental science at Hampton University in Hampton, Va.
Energy & Green Tech
Oct 6, 2011
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Pentagon to publish strategy for cyberspace wars
(AP) -- Facing escalating risks of cyberattacks by hackers, criminals and other nations, the Pentagon is developing more resilient computer networks so the military can continue to operate if critical systems are breached ...
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Jul 14, 2011
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India's rural poor give up on power grid, go solar
(AP) -- Boommi Gowda used to fear the night. Her vision fogged by glaucoma, she could not see by just the dim glow of a kerosene lamp, so she avoided going outside where king cobras slithered freely and tigers carried off ...
Energy & Green Tech
Jul 2, 2011
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Advanced power grid slowly takes shape at NC research hub
It takes up enough space to cover a billiards table, but next year it will fit inside a backpack.
Energy & Green Tech
Jun 23, 2011
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One million Bangladesh homes on solar power
The number of households in electricity-starved Bangladesh using solar panels has crossed the one million mark -- the fastest expansion of solar use in the world, officials said Wednesday.
Energy & Green Tech
Jun 15, 2011
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Pentagon: All options on table in cyber-attack (Update)
The Pentagon said Tuesday that it would consider all options if the United States were hit by a cyber-attack as it develops the first military guidelines for the age of Internet warfare.
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May 31, 2011
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