
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 …
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 …
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.
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 …
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 …
TVA plant signals start of nuclear renaissance - EF News
If Watts Bar 2 and Bellefonte are built, TVA's nuclear generation could approach 40 percent. Jerry Paul, an energy policy expert at the Howard Baker Center for Public Policy at the University of …
Zero energy buildings are at hand - EF News
Though the structure functions automatically, optimizing performance while minimizing energy use, any power consumption averaging more than 250 watts per person would ruin the …
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, …
Saudis building solar-powered desalination plant
The first stage involves construction of a desalination plant capable of producing 30,000 cubic meters of water per day, and a reverse osmosis (RO) plant based on indigenous technology. …
Gadgets to go green at Electronics Show - EF News
The specification now sets maximum levels for power consumption when the computer is on but idle — previously, Energy Star dealt only with the ability to enter "sleep" mode. There won't …