As natural gas becomes an increasingly popular resource for baseload electrical power, experts have debated the extent and availability of American supply.
In this video, one of Chevron’s seismic specialist Julia Baggs explains how the company uses technology to locate underground stores of natural gas and oil and decide where to drill exploration wells. Keep reading →
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Smart phones seem to be able to do almost anything these days, even managing electricity consumption.
In this video, Constellation Energy shows the mobile application of its web-based VirtuWatt platform, a demand response technology that allows for two-way communication between electricity producers and consumers. Keep reading →
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The fifth largest wind turbine manufacturer in the world with installations in 28 countries, Suzlon has reason to worry about the efficiency of wind turbines.
It’s most recent turbine, the S9X will make it cheaper and easier to produce electricity from less wind, Suzlon’s Chief Technology Officer John O’Halloran told a small audience in New York on Thursday. Keep reading →
It was an unusual setting for a light bulb show.
On Tuesday, Home Depot showcased its energy efficient light bulbs–including high-efficiency incandescent bulbs, compact florescent light bulbs (CFL’s) and light-emitting diodes (LED’s)–in the penthouse suite of the luxury hotel Setai Fifth Avenue. Bedrooms, bathrooms and kitchen were illuminated by the various kinds of bulbs, with employees from various major lighting groups, including CREE, Philips, Lighting Science Group, Lutron Electronics, and TCP, explaining just how much energy could be saved from their lighting devices. Keep reading →
If electricity use is any sign, the American economy is slowly recovering, says CEO of massive generating firm Southern Company Thomas Fanning.
The process though won’t happen overnight, he said. Keep reading →
Using natural gas in enhanced oil recovery is far from new, but it does have a new lease on life in recent months as crude oil prices have remained strong.
Domestic oil production is on the rise, though it would be hard to know that natural gas had a role in the increase by listening to the public debate. Keep reading →
Recycling of nuclear fuel is a major issue in the industry in the US, where concerns about safely disposing of the spent rods have resulted in political deadlock.
Though uranium is well-known for its radioactivity which creates heat and ultimately electricity in a nuclear power plant, this video from the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) explains the role of a lesser known radioactive element, plutonium. Keep reading →
As utilities crank up generators to supply demand for summer’s peak loads of electricity, some companies are making money by turning off their air-conditioners and helping utilities shave off the peaks.
In this video, international-technology giant IBM explains how it acts like a city by buying power from utilities and then not using that power during peak demand times. Keep reading →
