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A Bright Idea that Just Won't Go Quietly

A 130-year reign is coming to an end. Way back in 1879, Thomas Edison, experimenting with different types of filaments, came up with a long-lasting (1,200 hours) incandescent light bulb. Commercial...

Sunny Day, Sweeping the Clouds Away...

As noted in the NextGen Research report “The Global Photovoltaic Market: Sunny Prospects for Energy Independence Through Solar Power,” the photovoltaic (PV) market was being held up by shortages o...

A Rising Wind

In 2008, the US Department of Energy (DOE) released a report that considered the likelihood that the US could generate as much as 20% of its electrical needs from wind power by 2030. The report, “2...

Save Power, Save the Planet

Global electrical generation will increase 77% from 2006 to 2030, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). While the EIA says 41% of power generation was derived from the burnin...

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Batteries and Fuel Cells

As portable devices have become smaller in size and richer in features, their power needs have grown, but battery designers and manufacturers have not been able to keep pace by squeezing more energ...

e-Book Readers and Electronic Paper

After a long development and commercialization period, low-power "electronic ink" displays are going mass market, thanks mainly to Amazon’s Kindle reader. Almost all current reader displays, includ...