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NEWS ABOUT: power grid

power grid stories: 15 news summaries

 Obama Tags $3.4B 
 for Smart Energy Grid 

Plan will create tens of thousands of jobs and cheaper electricity

Oct 27, 09 10:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama will roll out a plan to use $3.4 billion in stimulus funds to modernize the nation’s electrical grid today. The “smart grid” spending will go to private contractors, utilities, and municipal governments in grants of between $400,000 and $2 million. The administration expects $4.... More »

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Iraq • power grid • electricity • renewable energy • job creation • Obama administration • President Obama • stimulus funds

 Exercisers Boost Power Grid 

Green tweak captures energy from popular gym equipment

May 18, 09 6:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Exercise buffs who hop on an elliptical machine for half an hour can power a laptop for an hour with the generated energy, thanks to a tweak made by a young Florida entrepreneur. The technique takes advantage of a generator already built into a popular model of the cross-trainers. About... More »

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power grid • green energy • fitness • gym • human-powered energy

(Newser) - To combat the rising threat of attack on the nation’s computer networks, the US government is turning to the dark side for help, the AP reports. A call has gone out for so-called “ethical hackers” who “think like the bad guy” to work with Homeland Security to... More »

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power grid • hacker • Department of Homeland Security • hackers • computer security • computer network • computer • Obama administration

(Newser) - In the search for renewable energy, Europe and the US are turning to one of the earth’s most abundant resources—the tides, Bloomberg reports. Technology developed three decades ago to turn tidal energy into electricity in developing countries is finally finding traction in the West. The largest grid-connected turbine,... More »

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environment • power grid • ocean • electricity • green energy • turbines • tides

Google CEO: Energy Bailout
Is a Must, Too

Adviser thinks Obama should open power grids, fund innovation

Nov 19, 08 2:35 PM CST
(Newser) - Google CEO Eric Schmidt thinks the government needs to fund a massive reinvention of America’s energy infrastructure, opening up the grid to startups and funding innovation, Information Week reports. It’s crucial “that small startups with funny names get founded and funded in the new regime,” said... More »

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Google • power grid • Eric Schmidt • startup • bailout • energy policy

OPINION

 Gore: 5 Steps to Save Planet 

Nobel laureate calls on Obama, new Congress to act now

Nov 9, 08 12:11 PM CST
(Newser) - The road to energy efficiency is paved with the same solutions needed to fix the economic crisis, Al Gore writes in a New York Times op-ed. Dismissing proposals for domestic drilling, the climate crusader says, “We simply cannot any longer base the strategy for human survival on a cynical... More »

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climate change • Barack Obama • energy • Congress • Middle East • Al Gore • power grid • carbon • renewable energy • auto industry • foreign oil • sustainability

Outdated Power Grid Blowing
Wind Energy Hopes: Experts

Creaky infrastructure not able to deliver alternative energy to consumers

Aug 27, 08 1:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - The nation's outdated and congested power grid is putting a damper on plans to expand renewable energy programs, the New York Times reports. Generating power from the wind and sun is becoming easier—but getting the power to consumers who live far from the country's windiest and sunniest places remains... More »

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alternative energy • power grid • electricity • renewable energy • wind • wind power • wind farm

  African Sun Could Power EU 

Scientists propose African solar farms for Europe's power

Jul 23, 08 1:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - All of the European continent’s electrical needs could be generated by massive solar farms in Africa, scientists posited today, unveiling a plan to do just that, the Guardian reports. The proposal, which would require an area the size of Wales—insignificant in the vast expanse of the Sahara... More »

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Africa • power grid • European Union • Europe • renewable energy • solar power • Sahara • solar panel

 GM, Utilities Join
 to Speed Plug-Ins 

Three-dozen utilities agree to help integrate electric cars with their grids

Jul 22, 08 11:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - General Motors and three dozen electric utilities in nearly 40 states have agreed to work together on the transition to plug-in electric vehicles that are expected to begin rolling out within 2 years, the Wall Street Journal reports. With GM’s Chevy Volt and Saturn Vue  expected to hit the... More »

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utility companies • power grid • General Motors • electric cars • hybrid car • green transportation • Chevrolet Volt

Cybercrooks Hacking Power Grid

In cities outside the US, hackers shut down grid for blackmail

Jan 20, 08 8:38 AM CST
(Newser) - Foreign extortionists have managed to hack into US power grids and shut them down, PC World reports, citing a CIA analyst speaking at a security conference this week. "In at least one case, the disruption caused a power outage affecting multiple cities. We do not know who executed these... More »

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CIA • Internet • power grid • electricity • extortion • power outage • hackers • cybercrime

Feds Prepare
for Cyberwar

Attack by hackers, likely from China, could cut communications,
power, banking

Sep 27, 07 7:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Readying for a new cyber doomsday in which Americans wake to find the power off, cell phones dead, and no access to cash, the Bush administration is considering creating an agency to protect critical public and private computers. Experts say that any attack, which would likely originate in China, would... More »

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China • power grid • Defense • cyberterrorism • cyberattack • Internet security • defense secretary • computer network • George W. Bush

Iraq Electric Grid Seized
by Militias

Baghdad increasingly
in darkness as armed bands horde power

Aug 23, 07 11:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Large swaths of Iraq's power grid have fallen under the control of armed militias, the New York Times reports. The balkanization of power stations worsens an already fragile situation in which insurgents blow up power lines and leave Baghdad without power at the height of a 110-degree summer. More »

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Iraq • insurgents • Baghdad • power grid • electricity • militia

Iraq's Power Grid Is Near Collapse

Insurgents target plants, and provinces are disconnecting from the system

Aug 4, 07 7:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Iraq’s power grid is teetering on the edge of collapse as insurgents destroy almost any attempt to restore power and the country’s fractured government is stalled, the AP reports. With enough power for only half of demand, there have been four nationwide blackouts in the last two days.... More »

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Iraq • energy • insurgents • power grid • power • gas prices

Booming India Is
Starved for Power

Chronic electricity shortages belie booming economy

May 21, 07 8:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - India's economy is growing so fast it has outstripped its electrical capacity, leaving burgeoning businesses, industries and homes to generate their own power with soot-belching diesel-powered generators for hours every day. Half of India's populace has no connection to the grid at all, and new construction often goes up without... More »

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energy • nuclear power • India • alternative energy • power grid • coal • power • electricity • US economy

Plug-In Has Power to Spare

Higher-Capacity Batteries Open PossibilitiesMay Make Motorists Into Energy Traders

Apr 10, 07 12:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - A souped-up plug-in hybrid unveiled yesterday has excited talk of a future in which  cleaner-running cars are also profitable. With a new lithium-ion battery that can store up to nine kilowatt/hours of electricity, a hybrid owner could buy electricity at night, store it in the battery, and then sell it... More »

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energy • environment • alternative energy • power grid • energy trading • electricity • hybrid car • cars

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