Peak Electricity Demand Impact and Reducing Power Needs During Peak Periods

Peak Electricity Demand
Power generation and distribution networks are built with spare capacity to meet peak periods of energy consumption is usually a time when demand for heating and / or cooling is particularly acute accommodate. Normally, peak electricity demand in some cases last just a few hours every year. And while the networks have always had to cope with peaks in recent years, the electricity consumption during peak hours has increased dramatically in the afternoon. (more…)

Hybrid Electric Cars: Cutting Emissions and Improving Fuel Efficiency

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It is a rare company prospectus that begins with a quotation from Goethe: “Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.” But Lovins is not a normal entrepreneur, as anyone who has met this eccentric and disheveled but unmistakably visionary thinker knows. The founder of the Rocky Mountain Institute, a leading green think tank based in Old Snowmass, Colorado, thinks the car industry’s incremental approach to cutting emissions and improving fuel efficiency will never amount to much. He wants a complete redesign of the automobile, from the bottom up, and intends to show the big boys how it should be done. (more…)

Energy Efficiency - Are You Giving Your Money Away To The Electric Company?

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Take a look at the following energy saving ideas and new green products and see how many you can use to save your hard earned cash. Then use the savings to fund a short vacation or a trip to Disneyland.

Replace Bulbs with Compact fluorescent bulbs (CFL)

Green products do help, when you replace just one incandescent bulb with one of the new ENERGY STAR® CFL, (more…)

The Future of Biofuels Usage and Energy Crops

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One of the main benefits from future use of biofuels would be the reduction of greenhouse gases compared to the use of fossil fuels. Carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas that contributes to global warming, is released into the air from combustion. Twenty-four percent of worldwide energy-related carbon emissions in 1997 were from the United States. Carbon and due to rising energy consumption, are expected to increase 1.3 percent per year through 2015. (more…)

6 Simple Tips to Reduce Your Energy Usage

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Nowadays, a lot more people are increasingly aware of the amount of energy they consumed everyday and what effect it was having on our planet. If you are one of these people and are looking for a way to help out with the environment and reduce energy usage, here are six simple steps to helping you cut back on the amount of energy you use.

1. Turn off all of the lights in your home that you are not using, and can you do with few lights? For the next month try to making a genuine commitment to stick to it and compare your current utility bill with next month’s (more…)

Reducing Solar Panels Cost with Homemade Solar Power Homes

Energy scarcity is making people adopt the concept of solar power homes all over the globe. When the oil prices skyrocketed during 2008, it reminded people that dependency on fossil fuels is not a wise strategy. Since then many initiatives have been launched all over the world to find out alternate energy resources. Large companies are spending huge amount of money on research for development of alternate fuels like bio diesel, ethanol blended fuels etc. (more…)