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Is micro (home) generation of electricity good for the environment?

by Tom Raftery on October 1, 2008 · 18 comments

in demand response

Photo Credit benefit of hindsight

Microgeneration, the generation of electricity by home owners, is becoming increasingly common, especially with the cost of energy going up and the cost of wind turbines and photovoltaic panels for the home falling.
The majority of people deploying these solutions are doing so to 1) lower their home energy bills and 2) [...]

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Google and GE joining forces on clean energy

by Tom Raftery on September 24, 2008 · 2 comments

in smart grid

In the above video Eric Schmidt, Chairman and CEO, Google interviews Jeffrey Immelt, Chairman and CEO, GE.
The reason Google and GE were talking? Google and GE jointly announced the other day that they are coming together “to help develop tomorrow’s power generation, transmission and distribution — known as the “smart grid” — and its [...]

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New, radically more efficient wind turbines

by Tom Raftery on June 13, 2008 · 1 comment

in renewables

Photo Credit fieldsbh
The traditional look of windfarms, like the one above, could be changing if an article I read on News.com recently is anything to go by. The piece was about a new type of wind turbine from a company called FloDesign.
The devices have:

-shorter sturdier rotors so the turbines can be placed closer together. [...]

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