Power outages are no laughing matter. But some of the causes of power outages? Well, consider some of the stranger things blamed for blackouts in the US last year, as summed up in the Eaton Corporation’s annual Blackout Tracker report: […]
Forget the politicians: Vote for your favorite energy innovations
You can’t turn an energy-technology dream into reality by voting for it, can you? Or maybe you can. For the first time, the US Department of Energy (DOE) is using a social media strategy similar to Facebook’s “like” button to […]
Coming soon: World’s 1st high-capacity clean-energy hub
They’re calling it the world’s first high-capacity “Renewable Energy Hub” … a system that will connect the US’ three major electricity grids so clean wind and solar energy can flow more easily to far-flung parts of the country with large […]
Free efficiency: The ‘secret sauce’ to 2012 tech success
What does 2012 hold for the smart-energy sector? Expect organizations in the coming year to keep looking for ways to save energy through improved efficiency … with the prevailing mantra being not, “Help me become greener,” but, “Show me the […]