
Industry looks to LEDs for homes - EF News
Cree, a leading maker of LEDs, showed a new version of its LED ceiling fixture that uses 6.5 watts, compared with 11 watts for last yearÂ’s model, to create the light of a standard 65-watt …
Flatscreens should have energy labels: FTC - EF News
For instance, a 65-inch flat-screen TV can consume between 135 watts and 433 watts, depending of the options and brands. Similarly, a 52-inch LCD model can use between 115 watts to 329 …
Salina competes against other cities to cut energy - EF News
A typical office light fixture currently runs on 123 watts of power, but smaller tubes now available can produce the same amount of light at 50 watts, or run half-power on 30 watts, he said.
TVA plant signals start of nuclear renaissance - EF News
Knoxville-based TVA — the country's largest public utility, serving 8.7 million consumers in Tennessee and six surrounding states — also expects to decide by late summer if it will …
A green future may take green - EF News
The N.C. Utilities Commission plans to hear arguments early next year about the proposal, which would help customers weatherize homes and buy energy efficient appliances and low-energy …
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Last year TVA estimated the value of two of its nuclear plants at well above their insured limit -- Watts Bar at $6 billion and Browns Ferry at $2.8 billion. TVA Director Bill Baxter said the …
Despite rising costs, TVA says nuclear plants economical
TVA's Watts Bar Unit 1 near Spring City, Tenn., was the last nuclear power generator completed by a U.S. utility. It cost nearly $7 billion in 1996. TVA's two other plants, the twin-reactor …
Ice Storage system saves school $85,000 - Electricity Forum News
Whereas typical school designs today use 3 watts / sq. ft., FRHS uses only 1.6 watts / sq. ft. Projected over the life of the building, energy savings from the building's mechanical, …
Electricity Forum News - Battery In A Drum Rolled Out
GERMANY - A lithium-titanium battery pack in a rolling white drum can supply 300 watts of power from a 1 kilowatt-hour reserve. That's enough to power a computer workstation for 2 or 3 days, …
Winds too fickle at Boston City Hall - EF News
The microturbine planned for City Hall's roof, donated by Southwest Windpower of Flagstaff, Ariz., will produce only 1,800 watts, less than 2 percent as much as the Local 103 wind turbine.