Electric Power Networks

Board votes to bury lines at lower price

ROCKINGHAM, Dec 03, 2008 (Brattleboro Reformer - After deciding to pull the plug last month on a plan to bury a set of electric cables in downtown Bellows Falls after the project almost doubled in cost, the board on Tuesday...

Echelon Announces ISO/IEC Standardization of LonWorks® Control Networks (Business Wire)

SAN JOSE, Calif.----Echelon Corporation today announced that the technologies underlying Echelon’s LonWorks platform have been approved as a global control standard by the International Organization for Standardization and...

About Plug-in Electric Vehicles

What is a plug-in electric vehicle? “Plug-in electric vehicles,” like all electric drive vehicles, use electricity to move vehicle’s wheels. Some, or all, of that electricity comes from the grid -- from “plugging in.” How do...

Hydrogen can save economy, and planet

President-elect Barack Obama has said that there is no better time than the present to invest heavily in clean energy technologies. Can the auto industry contribute to the dawn of the hydrogen economy? Now that the American...

Obama Embraces ‘Green Path’ in Economic Stimulus Plan (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg - Dec. 2 (Bloomberg) -- President-elect Barack Obama is considering a stimulus package that will include a heavy dose of spending on environmentally friendly projects aimed at creating “green-collar jobsâ€Â_...

FileMaker's Bento 2.0v3

FileMaker's Bento 2.0v3 is a $49 personal database for Leopard that includes integration with Address Book and iCal to automatically display contacts and calendars, templates and themes, live search, a media manager, and more....

Acoustic Research HDP100 HDMI Powerlink System

The good: Allows HDMI audio and video signals to travel over powerlines without additional wiring; compatible with 1080p, 720p, and 480p video; transmits IR signals to allow control of hidden components; easy setup; includes...

Reid between the lines

Senate majority leader talks energy policy at wonky event Posted by Kate Sheppard at 4:13 PM on 02 Dec 2008 In an event Tuesday that brought together a motley crew of leaders with an interest in the future of energy policy,...

Ritter offers ideas for economic recovery

Money for roads and bridge projects, new natural gas pipelines and power transmission lines in Colorado would be the best investment to stimulate the state’s economy and create thousands of new jobs, Gov. Bill Ritter said Tuesday.

BHEL, Toshiba may tie up for transmission projects

BHEL’s plans for a joint venture would help the equipment major to target 37,150 MW capacity in the transmission space over the next few years. Our Bureau New Delhi, Dec. 2 Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) is likely to firm...