Our Grid: Powering Our 21st Century Lives With a 19th Century Design
_ PopSci.com welcomes Dr. Bill Chameides, dean of Duke's Nicholas School of the Environment. Dr. Chameides blogs at The Green Grok to spark lively discussions about environmental science, keeping you...
View ArticleThe New Smart Grid: 21st Century Tech for the 21st Century
_ PopSci.com welcomes back Dr. Bill Chameides, dean of Duke's Nicholas School of the Environment. Dr. Chameides blogs at The Green Grok to spark lively discussions about environmental science, keeping...
View ArticleTap Into The Grid With Hohm, Microsoft's Home Power Management Tool
Using one of the most clever names in tech history, Microsoft has announced Hohm (which telescopes home into ohm), a new Web-based service for keeping an eye on your smart…
View ArticleDoE Invests In First Flywheel Power-Storage Plant
The federal government is investing in a one-of-a-kind power-storage plant in New York that will use a network of flywheels to store energy. Massachussetts-based Beacon Power…
View ArticleGrid Could Meet Sudden Energy Demands By Storing Power As Liquid Oxygen
Cryonic technology could help meet the world's peak energy demands as well as cut down on greenhouse gas emissions, a new study says. No, not by freezing excess humans -- by …
View ArticleBritish Researchers Building Trial "Energy House" With Artificial Weather
Older homes have a certain charm, but they’re notoriously inefficient — they’re drafty, under-insulated, and equipped with old, energy-guzzling appliances. In an effort to…
View ArticleThe Recession's Toll on the Green Economy
For all their promise to save money and energy use, household energy management systems apparently can’t catch on. Do consumers just not want to know how much power their electronics guzzle on a daily...
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Our Grid: Powering Our 21st Century Lives With a 19th Century Design
The Green Grok guest blogs exclusively for PopSci.com, taking a deep dive into the smart grid _ PopSci.com welcomes Dr. Bill Chameides, dean of Duke's Nicholas School of the Environment. Dr. Chameides...
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The New Smart Grid: 21st Century Tech for the 21st Century
The new smart grid, part 2: Today’s electrical grid is based on 19th century thinking. The growing chorus for building a new smart grid is simply a call to modernize. Here’s how _ PopSci.com welcomes...
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Tap Into The Grid With Hohm, Microsoft's Home Power Management Tool
Science Using one of the most clever names in tech history, Microsoft has announced Hohm (which telescopes home into ohm), a new Web-based service for keeping an eye on your smart… Using one of the...
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DoE Invests In First Flywheel Power-Storage Plant
Technology Plant will help meet New York's demand for power The federal government is investing in a one-of-a-kind power-storage plant in New York that will use a network of flywheels to store energy....
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Grid Could Meet Sudden Energy Demands By Storing Power As Liquid Oxygen
Science Cryonic technology could help meet the world's peak energy demands as well as cut down on greenhouse gas emissions, a new study says. No, not by freezing excess humans -- by… Cryonic...
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British Researchers Building Trial "Energy House" With Artificial Weather
Technology Older homes have a certain charm, but they’re notoriously inefficient — they’re drafty, under-insulated, and equipped with old, energy-guzzling appliances. In an effort to… Older homes have...
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The Recession's Toll on the Green Economy
Technology Home energy-monitoring systems have wilted, green job growth is lackluster, and we're left to worry about the state of green tech For all their promise to save money and energy use,...
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