Energy
Power Sources
How the Grid was built (and why Energy companies are hustling us into paying for their Smart Grid)
Excerpt from Chapter 2 of “Off the Grid: Inside the Movement for More Space, Less Government, and True Independence in Modern America”...
US Army intensifies off-grid focus
Military bases across America switching to micro-grids...
Sydney gets down to detail as city prepares to cut grid
Allan Jones, Sydney’s renewable boss, has suspended the project while legal and technical issues are ironed out...
Not enough wind to go around
Windpower not infinitely sustainable as thought previously – wave power also affected...
Off-Grid competition – $300,000 in prizes
2011 MAR 21 – (VerticalNews.com) — For the fourth year, ConocoPhillips and Penn State University kick off the ConocoPhillips Energy Prize. Their goa...
Euro power grid plan
German Economy Minister Rainer Bruederle has called for expansion of the European power grid to be accelerated, to allow cross-border power trading in electrici...
UK Govt. Launches Off-grid Energy Study
The high number of submissions reflects widespread concerns about the supply of off-grid energy, particularly with regards to heating oil and liquefied petroleu...
As Japan goes off the grid, which companies stand to gain?
Millions without power or light as Nuclear plants threaten to go critical...
European Smart Grid has No Privacy Protection
“Its an open secret that the European Union Data Protection Directive.is largely not enforced,” said a recent report.So the Smart Grid is wide open ...
Australian solar subsidies running out
You can still install an average solar panel system with a 1.5kW capacity for under $3000 after rebates...
Smart lobbying for the Smart Grid
National Grid plc will be one of the principal beneficiaries of the 200 billion investment it is calling for in the national power infrastructure...
Where there’s food, there’s fuel
A Kenyan slaughterhouse in is now more than a source of meat — its a source of energy...