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Six Stealthy Energy Hogs: Are They Lurking in Your Home?
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Many household devices continue to draw power even when they are not in use, adding unnecessarily to electricity bills. Does your smartphone use more energy than a refrigerator? A recent report by...
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Aug.29.2013
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Pat on the back or force for good: what purpose do development awards serve?
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Prizes for development work are proliferating. But what do they achieve beyond making donors feel good about themselves? Divyesh Thakkar has just returned from refugee camps in Ethiopia, where he w...
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Aug.27.2013
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Technologies for Portable Solar Photovoltaic Charging System Continue Evolving
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As leisure culture is developed and spread, numerous families are enjoying camping in mountains and valleys in summer. But these campers cannot sufficiently use electric and electronic appliances,...
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Aug.22.2013
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The News > Korea
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Active Wireless Charging In Transit; Remarkable Progress In Korea For Electric Vehicles
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Improvements with the electric transit infrastructure unfold at light speed. Active wireless charging in transit with electric vehicles, in this case electric buses, is taking place. Korea has brok...
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Aug.16.2013
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Is EV charging technology the next challenge for the electric vehicle industry?
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It would be foolish and wrong to suggest that the electric vehicle market is about to break into the mass market but the signs are that interest is increasing, sales are set to double in the US and...
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Aug.12.2013
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Supply of Helium Predicted to be Stabilized by 2015
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Companies in Korea say, “No conspicuous change is expected to be made for the time being.” The supply and demand of helium, which has been unstable for several years, is expected to be stabilized b...
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Aug.5.2013
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The News > Korea
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South Korea Begins Charging Residents for Food Waste
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Last year, Earth911 contributor Leon Kaye traveled to South Korea and gave us the dish on the nation’s plans to begin charging residents and businesses for wasted food. Aimed at cutting nationwide...
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Jul.23.2013
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Ultra Low Emission Discount from 1 July
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From 1 July 2013, the Greener Vehicle Discount that currently applies to the London Congestion Charge will be replaced by the Ultra Low Emission Discount (ULED). The effect will be that the CO2 emi...
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Jul.1.2013
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Solar Powered Phone-Charging Kiosks For NYC
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What’s next for New York City after getting a big, bold (and apparently successful) bike share program? Street Charge, that’s what – solar-powered, battery-equipped public kiosks where you can plug...
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Jun.20.2013
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First Navy Solar EV Charging Station Opens, Last Coal Power Plant Closes
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The Navy got its first ever solar powered electric vehicle charging station last week, and though it’s a drop in the bucket compared to the Navy’s overall fuel consumption it is yet another demonst...
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Jun.5.2013
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MIT soft rocker – solar powered sun lounger
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‘soft rocker’ is a solar powered outdoor rocking lounger whereby you can relax and recharge your electronics.developed by architecture students at MIT, lead by professor sheila kennedy,...
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Jun.5.2013
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More Tesla Charging Stations Are Coming: New ‘Superchargers’ Will Charge 10 Times Faster
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Electric car maker Tesla Motors Inc. promises to boost the number of fast-charging stations in the U.S. and Canada to make cross-country travel by electric car possible in the next year. The compan...
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Jun.4.2013
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Bosch Unveils $450 Electric Vehicle Charger
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A simplified Level 2 charger goes for less than half the usual price. Consumers are a fickle lot, especially when it comes to purchasing a car. The emotional decision of choosing your ride, however...
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May.14.2013
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Phone-charging, wifi-providing, levitating bike is one of the coolest concept bicycles we’ve seen
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The Levitation bike is a concept bike designed by an architect named Michael Strain, and I am going to go out on a limb and say that he is probably a pretty smart guy. This bike does a lot. It can...
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May.9.2013
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Samsung SDI Wins an Order for Supplying ESSs for Electric Power in Largest Capacity in Europe
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The company concluded a contract with WEMAG, an electric power company in Germany, to supply 10MWh ESSs. Samsung SDI (CEO: Park Sang-jin), the leader in the world rechargeable lithium ion battery m...
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May.8.2013
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The News > Korea
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![For this mobile phone charger, just add water]()
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For this mobile phone charger, just add water
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When your phone battery dies, you can shake it, pedal for it, hook up a small solar panel to it, or even use your BBQ grill to charge it. And you’ll soon have another option, but one that req...
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May.8.2013
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![Voto Turns Your Grill Into A Biomass Phone Charger]()
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Voto Turns Your Grill Into A Biomass Phone Charger
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Planning to attend some backyard barbecues this summer? You might want to tuck this handy gadget in among your hot dog buns and sunscreen. Created by California-based Point Source Power, VOTO is a...
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May.2.2013
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Electric-Taxi Experiment Asks if City’s Cabbies Can Spare the Time to Plug In
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The taxis are not entirely yellow. Their drivers are allowed to refuse certain fares. Even the smell is different, with no oil-rich odor greeting riders at the door. Months before the city’s Taxi o...
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Apr.24.2013
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![Wind up chair charges your cellphone]()
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Wind up chair charges your cellphone
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PEGA Design & Engineering unveiled a new wind up chair that doubles as a cellphone charger at the 2013 Milan Furniture Fair. Cellphone battery life has greatly improved over the years but it se...
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Apr.17.2013
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Ultra-Thin Charger Powers Your Smartphone For A Week
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I just got a new smartphone. Being hyper-aware of its energy-sucking tendencies, I immediately enabled every power-saving feature available. Screen at minimal brightness, GPS turned off unless nece...
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Apr.11.2013
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