Electricity

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    Science Daily: Electricity

  • Defects in carbon nanotubes could lead to improved charge and energy storage systems

    20 Nov 2009 | 5:00 am
    Most people would like to be able to charge their cell phones and other personal electronics quickly and not too often. A recent discovery made by engineers could lead to carbon nanotube-based supercapacitors that could do just this.

  • Harnessing waste heat from laptop computers, cell phones may double battery time

    19 Nov 2009 | 2:00 am
    New research points the way to a technology that might make it possible to harvest much of the wasted heat produced by everything from computer processor chips to car engines to electric power plants, and turn it into usable electricity.

  • Customizing electric cars for cost-effective urban commuting

    18 Nov 2009 | 8:00 pm
    Researchers have launched a new community-based approach to electric vehicle design, conversion and operations. The new research project, ChargeCar, will explore how electric vehicles can be customized for an individual's commuting needs and how an electric vehicle's efficiency can be boosted and its battery life extended by using artificial intelligence to manage power.

  • Entangled photons created from quantum dots

    18 Nov 2009 | 2:00 pm
    To exploit the quantum world to the fullest, a key commodity is entanglement -- the spooky, distance-defying link that can form between objects such as atoms even when they are completely shielded from one another. Now, physicists have developed a promising new source of entangled photons using quantum dots tweaked with a laser.

  • Exotic electric properties of graphene confirmed

    18 Nov 2009 | 8:00 am
    First, it was the soccer-ball-shaped molecules dubbed buckyballs. Then it was the cylindrically shaped nanotubes. Now, the hottest new material in physics and nanotechnology is graphene: a remarkably flat molecule made of carbon atoms arranged in hexagonal rings much like molecular chicken wire.
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    Google News: Electricity

  • Smart Grid Riding On The Information Superhighway - Reuters

    20 Nov 2009 | 4:02 pm
    Greentech MediaSmart Grid Riding On The Information SuperhighwayReutersThe integration of the Internet and electricity management will help progress the development of renewable energy immensely. Software products that rely on Duke Energy has a difference of opinion on consumer-generated electricityEco FactoryTrack power use, save moneyAsiaOneSmart grid for S'poreStraits TimesNew Energy Matters (subscription)all 40 news articles »

  • California utility wins OK for more transmission - Reuters

    20 Nov 2009 | 3:26 pm
    Ad-Hoc-News (Pressemitteilung)California utility wins OK for more transmissionReutersLOS ANGELES, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Southern California could gain more transmission capacity -- needed to accommodate electricity from renewable resources Southern California Edison's Devers Palo Verde2 Transmission Line Approved by WELT ONLINEall 21 news articles »

  • How will California's new TV energy standards affect you? - Christian Science Monitor

    20 Nov 2009 | 1:23 pm
    ABC NewsHow will California's new TV energy standards affect you?Christian Science MonitorOn Wednesday, the California Energy Commission approved new energy-efficiency standards to regulate how much electricity television California's New TV Energy Efficiency Standards Highest in the WorldEnvironment News ServiceCalifornia sets energy rules for tvsUnited Press InternationalCalifornia approves new standards on energy-hungry tvsLos Angeles TimesToronto Star -Washington City Paper -Home Media Magazineall 1,276 news articles »

  • Electric Car Adoption Will Be Slow, Says Nissan Chief - Design News

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:18 pm
    Electric Car Adoption Will Be Slow, Says Nissan ChiefDesign NewsNissan and Renault CEO Carlos Ghosn said today that adoption of electric vehicles will be a slow and gradual process, the Associated Press (AP) reported. and more »

  • As Nuclear Reactor Fleet Ages, Engineers Ask,' Is 80 the New 40?' - New York Times

    20 Nov 2009 | 9:55 am
    HeatingOil.comAs Nuclear Reactor Fleet Ages, Engineers Ask,' Is 80 the New 40?'New York TimesWith nuclear providing always-on electricity that will become more cost-effective if a price is placed on heat-trapping carbon dioxide emissions, US should focus on energy efficiency and renewables not nuclear, says reportEnergy Efficiency Newsall 26 news articles »
 
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  • Recession to end this year - OECD

    20 Nov 2009 | 5:38 pm
    Real gross domestic product growth would likely be negative for this year but South Africa would emerge from the recession in the fourth quarter as the global financial downturn eased, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development said yesterday.

  • Gas prices remain steady

    20 Nov 2009 | 5:37 pm
    Wait until Monday to fill up? Gasoline prices in the Kansas City area are essentially unchanged heading into the weekend compared with a week ago.

  • Sarah Ruhl's Flighty `Vibrator Play' Lives Up to Good Buzz: John Simon

    20 Nov 2009 | 5:35 pm
    Wonders will never cease. Sarah Ruhl , whose previous work I execrated, has written a smart, charming, iridescently funny-serious jewel, a oeIn the Next Room or The Vibrator Play.a Presented on Broadway by Lincoln Center Theater , it is about American women at a oethe dawn of the age of electricitya achieving sexual emancipation thanks to the ...

  • FEA embarks on new renewable energy developments

    20 Nov 2009 | 5:35 pm
    The Fiji Electricity Authority is embarking on new renewable energy developments which will start generating electricity.

  • Construction, manufacturing loans fall most - Central Bank

    20 Nov 2009 | 5:35 pm
    Latest figures from the Central Bank reveal that, in the third quarter of this year, lending to construction and manufacturing has been the worst hit.
 
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    EETimes News

  • Al Gore: Supercomputers can sway global warming ways

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:23 pm
    Supercomputers can do more to reverse the global warming trend, according to former vice president Al Gore who gave a keynote at the Supercomputer 2009 conference held here this week. Presented By: NEC   Ads by Pheedo Al Gore - Global warming - Climate change - United States - Environment

  • Make way for DDR3 transition, says iSuppli

    20 Nov 2009 | 11:55 am
    Double Data Rate 3 SDRAM, the state of the art in commodity memory technology, is expected to rise to dominance by the second quarter of 2010, according to new projections from market research firm iSuppli. Market research - Business - DDR3 SDRAM - Double data rate - ISuppli

  • Ten technologies, seven predictions lead weekly story ranking

    20 Nov 2009 | 11:30 am
    Here are the top five online stories for the week beginning Sunday, Nov. 15, as ranked by EE Times readers, up to and including Friday, Nov. 20. The ranking is based on the number of reader "views" or "hits" on a particular article. Times - Arts - Newspaper - Top Lists - Online newspaper

  • Applied-Semitool deal: What analysts are saying

    20 Nov 2009 | 9:00 am
    As reported, Applied Materials Inc. and Semitool Inc. this week announced a definitive agreement for Applied to acquire the outstanding shares of Semitool for $11 per share in an all-cash tender offer. Presented By: NEC   Ads by Pheedo Applied Materials - Tender offer - Semitool - Shares outstanding - Business

  • Video: Al Gore stumps for smart grid

    20 Nov 2009 | 8:19 am
    In between takes of guest appearances on TV's "30 Rock," Nobel prize winner and former U.S. Vice President Al Gore swept into Silicon Valley Thursday to stump for the smart electric grid and help hand out awards to technologists honored for their work in social justice. Al Gore - Vice President of the United States - United States - 30 Rock - Television
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    About.com: Electrical

  • Wordless Wednesday 11-18-09

    18 Nov 2009 | 5:59 am
    Too Many Christmas Lights Can Be a Bad Thing!Photo: Max Oppenheim - Getty Images Wordless Wednesday 11-18-09 originally appeared on About.com Electrical on Wednesday, November 18th, 2009 at 13:59:25.Permalink | Comment | Email this

  • What Size Service Do I Have?

    16 Nov 2009 | 5:57 am
    If you've ever wondered what size your electrical service is but just don't no where to begin to look, then you've stumbled on the right article. Maybe your home is an older one that still has a 60-amp fuse panel feeding it. If so, it is time to do like Tim "The Tool Man" says and update it to "More Power"!Circuit breaker panels are the choice of people these days and you'll need at least a 100-amp service if not a 200-amp service to provide enough power for your home. Locating the information needed to determine how much power your service can draw now is easy enough if you know what to look…

  • Small Appliance Load

    15 Nov 2009 | 7:24 am
    Your home has many electric small appliances in it that you use every day. You use them to cook, clean and even iron your clothes, sometimes on a daily basis. Although they may be plugged into almost any outlet in your home, the National Electrical Code requires you to have certain specialized circuitry to run these small appliances. The reason is very clear, electrical load.You see, things like irons and toaster ovens draw a large amount of elelctrical current and require their own circuits. By implementing basic electrical codes for safety, these appliances will work properly without…

  • Choosing Electrical Wire Based On Gauge, Amperage, and Wattage Load

    11 Nov 2009 | 10:04 pm
    We've all done it. Walk into a building supply store and head for the electrical department to buy some electrical wire for a project we have at home. Maybe it's just to extend a circuit for an additional outlet or two, or maybe it's an underground feed to a swimming pool you just added? In any case, the point is that now you're at the store looking at the wire, which one is the right wire for you? What size wire do I need? Is color important?To help you understand the correct choice, manufacturers have labeled the outer coating of the wire with types and gauges of wire. You see, the…

  • Wordless Wednesday 11-11-09

    11 Nov 2009 | 3:00 am
    Guaranteed Protection For Your Electronic Devices!Photo: Timothy Thiele Wordless Wednesday 11-11-09 originally appeared on About.com Electrical on Wednesday, November 11th, 2009 at 11:00:02.Permalink | Comment | Email this
 
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    EETimes Blog

  • Ad sharing for Android

    14 Nov 2009 | 7:22 am
    Will Google actually pay OEMs to use Android? That's what Wall Street analyst turned Silicon Valley venture capitalist Bill Gurly claims in his latest Above the Crowd blog.

  • Macronix takes NOR flash lead. But who will follow?

    29 Oct 2009 | 10:46 am
    Today's announcement by Macronix of a 256-Mbit serial NOR flash chip is interesting from a capabilities point of view, but leaves a number questions regarding market pull, interface standards and overall market size that makes me wonder who will follow Macronix to create a storm in this teacup? Or, will the connectivity of every embedded device change the landscape completely and push the odds more in Macronix's favor? From Macronix's point of view, the 256-Mbit introduction is an effort to secure the lion's share of what it expects will be a $2 billion market by 2014, up from $645 million…

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  • Survivor: Core Edition

    28 Oct 2009 | 1:20 pm
    Thanks to a licensing deal with STMicroelectronics reported today, ARM is headed into set-top boxes, the home turf of the MIPS Technologies core. This is just the latest move in a cross-market processor mania.

  • Web going global finally

    27 Oct 2009 | 7:54 am
    Reports are out that English may have to share with other languages in Web addresses, giving way for urls to appear in simplified Chinese characters, Russian Cyrillic, Korean Hangul and Hebrew, among others.
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    Leonardo Energy

  • Life cycle costs for extra high voltage cables and overhead lines

    HDK
    20 Nov 2009 | 10:49 am
    Underground cables (UGCs) are – at installation – more expensive than overhead lines (OHLs), although it is very difficult to draw general cost ratios, due to the specificity of every project. In most cases comparisons are made solely on the capital costs of the equipment together with the costs of installation and accommodation works. In other cases, respective life costs are considered that take into account transmission losses, maintenance costs, availability (and associated outage related costs) and decommissioning. read more

  • Environment impacts of extra high voltage cables and overhead lines

    HDK
    20 Nov 2009 | 10:35 am
    For economic reasons, extra high voltage (“EHV”) underground cables (“UGCs”) are rarely appropriate for an entire new AC power transmission project (although in some long distance circumstances a DC cable may be a solution). UGCs are though especially effective at helping power transmission projects to cross areas where there are environmental sensitivities. These include areas that are: read more

  • Underground Cables at Extra High Voltage Levels

    HDK
    20 Nov 2009 | 10:30 am
    Europacable is the European Confederation of Associations of Manufacturers of Insulated Wires and Cables. Europacable, and its member companies in the European cable industry have spent 30 years investing in innovative technology for underground cabling that overcomes the limitations of overhead lines in certain circumstances and today cable manufacturers are able to provide innovative and customised solutions for the modern power transmission industry. read more

  • What are the Electro-Magnetic Fields from overhead lines and cables?

    HDK
    20 Nov 2009 | 10:27 am
    As part of the European Union’s energy strategy, there is a commitment to reducing the social and environmental risks associated with the transmission of energy and in this respect cables can provide benefits as they have been shown to be more effective in mitigating potential health impacts. read more

  • Feed-In Tariffs : SERN interviews Miguel Mendonça, from the World Future Council

    Fernando Nuno
    18 Nov 2009 | 2:52 am
    Our partner SERN, the Sustainable Energy Regulation Network, has interviewed Miguel Mendonça (World Future Council Research Manager) on feed-in tariffs. Xavier Lemaire, who already provided a webinar about off-grid regulation, carried out the interview. read more
 
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  • Electrical engineering articles and Practice tests for GATE

    priyaduhan
    20 Nov 2009 | 9:43 am
    Electrical Engineering Articles Solved problems on Electrical Instruments Solved examples on 3-phase Induction Motor Synchronous speed of an AC induction motor Dynamic braking – braking resistor for AC and DC motor Electrical Engineering Practice tests By Prof Sunil Kumar, Electrical Deptt, IEC College, Greater Noida Basic Electrical test – 1 (Electrical motors, Transformers etc) Basic Electrical test – 2 (Electrical motors, Transformers etc) Basic Electrical test – 3 (Electrical motors, Transformers etc)

  • In the Shop with Adam Richards

    sandraknz
    18 Nov 2009 | 7:06 am
    Adam Richards’s dad was always tinkering with cars in the driveway of their home in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and later outside of Chicago, Illinois. The car that finally grabbed Richards interest was a 1967 Ford Mustang that his dad worked on while Richards was in high school. “That’s when it started,” Richards says. “I was just into cars from there.” As high school ended, Richards prepared to come to UW-Madison to pursue engineering. He’d always been a tinkerer himself and enjoyed taking things apart to see how they worked. So he knew engineering was…

  • Business Oportunity in 3G Cellular Network

    haryadiwidjaja
    17 Nov 2009 | 7:21 am
    iPhone 3G Munculnya perangkat bergerak buatan Apple, iPhone mengubah paradigma mengenai bagaimana seharusnya fungsi sebuah perangkat bergerak itu sendiri. iPhone 3G menyediakan hampir semua kebutuhan pengguna perangkat selular bergerak, dari hanya sekedar menelepon, berkirim pesan singkat, pesan multimedia, berselancar di internet, online chatting, hingga layanan GPS. Hal ini tidak terlepas dari  keputusan Apple untuk memberikan SDK (Standard Development Kit) dari sistem operasi iPhone. Para pembuat program dapat dengan mudah menggunakan SDK ini untuk membuat aplikasi bagi iPhone dan…

  • Class and Kalman Filters

    Bryant
    13 Nov 2009 | 6:41 pm
    While working full time I’m studying for my Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering.  Work pays for classes so it’s a great deal, but man is it tiring.  The latest struggle is Kalman Filters. Let’s start from the beginning.  I’m taking an advanced course in digital signal processing.  It’s been one of my favorite classes in this program — no midterms or finals, just a student created project.  So we go through the class learning different prediction techniques, working up towards the Kalman Filter and the Extended Kalman Filter, which aren’t impossible to…

  • Electrical Engineer - Product Development - Lancaster, PA

    verbalsummary
    7 Nov 2009 | 12:36 pm
    Position Summary This position is responsible for completing electrical engineering tasks critical to new product development and maintenance of  existing products.  The individual will be a key participant in the Product Realization Process and contribute in a dynamic team environment.  The individual is expected to perform functions independently with technical guidance from senior team members.  Principal Responsibilities Lead development of advanced designs for power supplies, analog circuitry and high speed digital circuits Complete FPGA/Programmable logic design including writing…
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  • Economy 7 - Saving money on your electricity bill

    comparesavvy
    20 Nov 2009 | 2:32 pm
    What is economy 7 in electricity prices? Economy 7 electricity is a fancy term for night time (red. cheaper) electricity. This cheaper electricity stems from so called “must run” electricity production at night. The hours at which this cheaper electricity is delivered varies from company to company but is usually from around midnight until 08.00 am. (Some companies use slightly different starting and ending times) The reason why electricity suppliers can charge lower prices for this night time electricity is a simple matter of supply and demand. For obvious reasons, the demand for…

  • Here's the buzz...

    Dan
    20 Nov 2009 | 2:19 pm
    This is a heck of a thing…

  • Some new, some old

    Jeena
    20 Nov 2009 | 9:35 am
    Until recently, I thought of certain word/words in a certain way. Now they have an altogether different meaning: Cleansing lotion Old: used to remove makeup, grease, etc from face New: something I should use as a substitute of soap for the next one month (it’s medicated 8-)) Doctor O: A nice guy you could tell your ailments as well as your life history to N: An evil moneymaking fellow whose assistant is inefficient not to jot down your changed appointment in the first place, but has the gall to tell he’s had a long day after spending 30 secs with you – while you’ve…

  • Tres Amigas project discussed on public radio show

    Michael Giberson
    20 Nov 2009 | 6:15 am
    Michael Giberson My most recent 15 seconds of fame*: The Environment Report: The ‘Tres Amigas’ Project. (Or, if you prefer, you can listen to today’s full 4:00 minute news segment.) In the segment I make the outrageous claim** that the project is located in an area where many renewable power resources will be built.  The Environment Report is public radio news service focused on environment issues, they were interested in Tres Amigas transmission project because it is promoted as a “renewable energy hub.”***   *Actually, my part is slightly less than 15…

  • Residential Electricity Prices in Corpus Christi, TX

    anemer
    19 Nov 2009 | 2:14 pm
    As we have discussed in previous blogs, electricity rates in Texas vary from region to region.  Here are today’s residential electricity rates for the Corpus Christi region:  the month-to-month contract is 10.9 cents, the 3 month contract is 10.3, the 6 month is 10.3, and the 12 month contract is 11.2 cents.  Please check out our website, ReduceYourPowerCost.com, for more information on electricity prices in your area.  We also have green and environmentally aware products available as well.
 
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    TradePub: Utility & Energy

  • Pipeline & Gas Journal

    13 Nov 2009 | 3:50 pm
    Pipeline managers, engineers and operations personnel will benefit from this solid, reputable source of industry information, technical reviews and equipment updates. Coverage is as in-depth as it is comprehensive, with independently researched and detailed R&D discussions by industry experts, Q&A discussions with industry leaders, comparative analysis on new and emerging technologies, as well as in-depth reviews of up and coming equipment and technical advancements.Request Free!

  • Renewable Energy World North America

    11 Nov 2009 | 12:20 pm
    Every issue examines major trends that are driving wind, hydropower, solar, geothermal and biomass adoption and integration by utilities across North America. Look to each issue for analysis of the financial trends affecting the renewable energy industry.Request Free!

  • Renewable Energy World

    11 Nov 2009 | 12:20 pm
    Renewable Energy World provides authoritative articles, case studies and essential news on global developments in the renewables sector. Every issue includes features on wind power, solar thermal, photovoltaics and biomass. Regular coverage is also devoted to geothermal, energy storage, small hydro, and hybrid systems.Request Free!

  • POWERGRID International

    11 Nov 2009 | 11:50 am
    This is in addition to covering the entire transmission and distribution system and reporting on advancements in SCADA, distribution automation, substation automation, automatic meter reading and geographic information system technologies.Request Free!

  • PipeLine and Gas Technology

    10 Nov 2009 | 3:20 pm
    PipeLine and Gas Technology is written exclusively to the business needs of people who... design, engineer, construct, operate, maintain, & manage gas transmission & distribution systems—as well as—pipeline systems for: crude oil; refined products; water; and slurries.Request Free!
 
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