Energy

Video of the week – PNNL’s Smart Charger Controller

By / May 20, 2009

Sticking with the week’s Smart Grid theme, this video demonstrates Pacific Northwest National Lab’s Smart Charger hardware and software system for optimizing the recharging, say, of a hybrid or all-electric…

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Are CFLs already obsolete?

By RussJordan / May 19, 2009

Warner Philips, founder of Lemnis Lighting Co. in The Netherlands, claims “CFLs are officially an outdated technology. You can’t recycle CFLs. You can’t get a fully dimmable product. That should…

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Concrete’s role as CO2 absorber may be underestimated

By / May 19, 2009

The new (June) issue of the Journal of Environmental Engineering is all about “Recent Developments in CO2 Emission Control Technology including lots of ceramic-related information. For example, there is an…

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DOE ups Smart Grid grants by a factor of 10, releases initial standards [updated]

By / May 18, 2009

With the big Smart-Grid summit underway, the DOE and DOC have has announced three developments related to its big Smart Grid push. First, DOE announced that it was increasing the…

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Smart Grid workshop outline available

By / May 18, 2009

The “Smart Grid Standards Interoperability Interim Roadmap Workshop” is taking place Tuesday and Wednesday (May 19-20). For anyone interested, a Powerpoint file of the two-day program is available here. DOE…

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Smart Grid summit is a go next week

By / May 15, 2009

The DOE says a meeting of “40 business leaders from the electric utility, manufacturing, telecommunications and information technology industries” is set for Monday (May 18) morning in Washington. DOE Secretary…

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Video of the week – Concentrated solar power

By / May 13, 2009

Just in time for the opening of Schott Solar’s new Albuquerque plant, where it plans on producing utility-scale concentrating solar power systems, here is a video that demonstrates the scale…

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Schott combines CSP and PV production in new New Mexico solar plant

By / May 13, 2009

Schott Solar this week cut the ribbon on new $100 million facility in Albuquerque to produce large-scale concentrated solar power receivers and PV units. Schott, which also has production facilities…

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Bluegrass battery consortium

By / May 8, 2009

The state of Kentucky, the University of Kentucky, the University of Louisville and the Argonne National Lab have announced that they have entered into a partnership to forge a national…

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Assessment of U.S. Cap-and-Trade proposals (circa 2007)

By / May 6, 2009

Yes, Cap-and-Trade issues are a great concern to lots of individuals engaged in manufacturing ceramic and glass products. And, yes, the issues are also of great concern to lots of…

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