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electricity stories: 58 news summaries

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Google's Juicy Addiction: Cheap Electric

Not-so-green tech giants show
insatiable appetite for power

Feb 18, 08 5:04 PM CST
(Newser) - No industrial smokestacks rise from that cute Google logo, but each click of the search button takes an environmental toll, Harper's reports. Google and its competitors are guzzling electricity to power ever-larger server complexes, and a renewable-energy initiative is more about making amends than benevolence. A new taxpayer-subsidized Google center... More »

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Google • Microsoft • nuclear power • data centers • fossil fuel • electricity • renewable energy • computer servers • AT&T • tech giants • environmental impact • industrial pollution

Fabric Could Power Your iPod

Scientists discover way to derive energy from microfiber fabric

Feb 13, 08 7:31 PM CST
(Newser) - George Jetson, eat your heart out: Scientists have developed a microfiber fabric that generates its own electricity, which could someday provide relief for cellphone users strapped without their chargers or iPod fanatics running low on battery. The fabric, if woven into a shirt, could harness power from simple physical movement... More »

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electricity • microfiber • nanogenerator • fabric • polymer • Georgia Institute of Technology

Bionic Vision Pioneers Unveil New Lenses

Electrical circuit and lights spark ideas for future gadgets

Jan 20, 08 4:46 PM CST
(Newser) - Bionic vision may cost less than $6 million after all: Scientists unveiled a new electronic contact lens this week that is already sparking ideas for future technology. Endowed with a circuit and lights, the gadget isn't ready yet, but makers say it is built with safe, organic materials. It even... More »

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artificial intelligence • electronics • contact lenses • electricity • Harvey Hoo • gadget

Gaza City Shuts Off Power Amid Claimed Fuel Shortage

Israelis say move meant to create crisis

Jan 20, 08 3:17 PM CST
(Newser) - Gaza City’s sole power plant has shut down due to what Palestinian officials claim are insufficient fuel supplies, the BBC reports. Israel—which provides 60% of Gaza’s electricity—closed its border last week with the Gaza Strip, preventing the import of virtually all supplies. The move followed a... More »

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Israel • United Nations • Gaza • Palestine • electricity • Gaza City • power plant

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

Cisco Goes Green with Energy Gauging

Networking company to measure power use from data centers

Dec 26, 07 10:42 AM CST
(Newser) - Green-minded Cisco Systems is looking to improve energy efficiency by monitoring power consumption, operating temperature, and more from its enterprise data network. With energy costs and global warming worries escalating, Cisco plans to expand beyond communications and use its data network to help companies manage their power use and prevent... More »

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electricity • Cisco • computer network • routers • green

Energy Conservation Comes Home

Plug-in monitor tells
you when electric demand is at peak

Nov 16, 07 1:31 PM CST
(Newser) - Energy companies are hoping to cut costs and conserve electricity by training customers to trim power use during peak hours, reports the MIT Technology Review. By viewing small monitors in homes, customers can see when demand is highest and turn off energy-hogging air conditioners, dishwashers and space heaters. Generating so-called... More »

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technology • conservation • electricity • business tech

  Africa: Let There Be Light

World Bank initiative aims to bring electric power to 250 million Africans

Nov 16, 07 2:50 AM CST
(Newser) - Even after decades of development, most African communities have no electrical power and still go dark when the sun goes down. Only 5% of Ugandans, 6% of the Congolese population and 15% of Kenyans have electricity. Now the World Bank has launched an initiative to light the homes of 250... More »

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Africa • World Bank • South Africa • electricity • Lighting Africa • International Finance Corporation • LEDs • Econometrix

Israel Cuts Fuel to Gaza

Government says reduction won't cause a humanitarian crisis

Oct 28, 07 6:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - Israel cut Gaza’s fuel supply today in a bid to force the strip's Hamas government to curb rocket attacks on Israel. An Israeli official told the New York Times the plan was to cut deliveries 5 to 11%, but a Gazan official told the AP shipments were short by... More »

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Israel • gas • Gaza • Mahmoud Abbas • Hamas • Fatah • Ehud Barak • fuel • electricity • Haaretz

The Lucky Find Homes, but No Water, Power

Returning SoCal residents face weeks
of hardships

Oct 27, 07 6:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Thousands of Southern California residents have returned to their homes—those fortunate enough to find them standing—to find no electricity and no drinking water, with town reservoirs drained to fight fires, and air choked with smoke and ash. The threat of changing weather also looms: the hot winds that... More »

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California • San Diego • electricity • wildfires • drinking water • air pollution • California fires

GE Turning Green; Unplugs
 Light Bulb Plants

Biz switching over to energy-efficient fluorescents

Oct 5, 07 6:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bowing to market pressure to switch to more energy-efficient lighting, General Electric is shutting down 7 of 54 plants and warehouses that serve its incandescent light bulb operation, reports the Wall Street Journal. Some 1,400 workers will lose their jobs, but only a third of them will be US... More »

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energy • General Electric • electricity • Light • Technology • Plant

Frisco to Go Dark—on Purpose

City plans voluntary brownout to show how easy it is to save electricity

Sep 20, 07 4:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - In a move initiated by a local environmentalist, San Francisco will launch a voluntary brownout next month to show people how easy it is to save electricity. Lights Out San Francisco is asking everyone to switch off unnecessary lights for an hour on October 20. Activist Nate Tyler got the... More »

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environment • California • San Francisco • electricity • brownout

Breaking SoCal Heat Wave Leaves 27 Dead

Eight days of triple-digit temperatures hits hard

Sep 6, 07 4:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Southern California's heat wave finally seems to be breaking after killing at least 27 people in crushing temperatures. The deaths include an elderly couple who told neighbors they were turning off their air conditioning to save money. Several victims died while illegally crossing the US-Mexico border in searing heat. More »

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California • elderly • Southern California • electricity • heat wave • power outage

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

Toyota Tests Plug-In Hybrids

Jul 26, 07 5:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Toyota will provide two experimental plug-in electric hybrid cars to the University of California for road testing, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The new vehicles can travel 100 miles on a single gallon of gas after a boost from a rechargeable battery that plugs in to a standard 110-volt current. More »

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California • Toyota • battery • electricity • University of California • hybrid car • cars

Quake Damage Halts Auto Assembly Lines

Japanese car makers hit by damage to key suppliers

Jul 19, 07 9:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Japanese auto makers known for their lean inventories have had to shut down assembly lines for want of parts in the wake of Monday's earthquake. A key supplier of transmission and engine components was damaged in the 6.8-magnitude quake. Toyota, Nissan and Mitsubishi have all halted production at some... More »

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Japan • Toyota • electricity • Tokyo • radioactive • nuclear waste • power plant • Tokyo Electricity Co. • earthquake

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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