Solar Energy: Popcorn-ball Design Doubles Efficiency Of Dye-sensitized Solar Cells
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| Electricity And Gas Consumption At A Glance People who want to save energy should always keep an eye on their consumption. The EWE Box offers customers a neat solution: It enables private households to monitor their electricity and gas consumption whenever they want — and save costs thanks to new pricing models. |
| Take Your Own Action Of course I’ll still remind you–but if you wanted to visit some sites that offer reminders first and foremost–and they prove to be great sources for environmental (ie. Modern Energy) education visit one or more of the following: Grist, Sierra Club, 2 People (you can find me there, here), NRDC, Make Me Sustainable, Green Options, etc. And for good, green humor visit Rustle the Leaf. Now you are all well-armed to take action each and every (other) day! Time to start making a difference. |
| Reducing Heating Costs for Big Old Houses - Part 1 My father in law asked me to look at his utility bills today. It seems National Grid (our local utility - well sort of - they are British) just realized they were only billing him for natural gas delivery charges. His third-party gas supplier’s cut dropped through the cracks the past 4 months and just [.] |
| Take Action to Support Renewable Energy! Once again it is time to take action (isn’t it always time?). I’ve asked you to take action on this bill before, but you forgot because you had to go to lunch/rotate your tires/sneeze/buy a garden gnome on eBay/scratch your ankle/etc.So, I’m reminding you (again) to remind your representative to push for energy independence. This bill will require our great country to produce 20% of our electricity from renewable energy sources, modern energy, wind and solar energy. This is a great way to make modern energy more affordable while reducing our harmful carbon emissions. The letter that you will send. |
| Ameren’s ‘Pure Power’ Plan Ameren’s 1.2 million Missouri customers will finally have a green option for powering their homes and/or businesses. Ameren announced their Pure Power program Monday, which will allow their customers the opportunity to pay an extra 1.5 cents per kilowatt-hour to support the development of renewable energy. This step will help reduce our need for fossil-fuel-generated electricity, thereby reducing carbon emissions. For more on Ameren’s Pure Power program read the article on STLtoday, or visit the Pure Power home page. If Ameren inspired you to be a part of the modern energy revolution and you are interested in your own renewable. |
| Shimkus/Farmergy Provide Update on Current Energy Bill, and More. MEDIA ADVISORY _______________________________________________________________ Farmergy Online Press Conference Will Feature U.S. Congressmen Shimkus for an Update on the Energy Bill _______________________________________________________________ Farmergy, a new energy solutions company providing farmers, ranchers and rural homeowners the tools and expertise to efficiently select and implement clean-energy solutions will host a second Web-based teleconference to provide updates on events and resources concerning alternative energy and agriculture. WHAT Join Mark Green, CEO Farmergy and co-founder, as he hosts John Shimkus, U.S. Congressmen from Illinois’ 19th district. As a member of the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee, Shimkus will provide an update on the. |
| Solar Energy: Popcorn-ball Design Doubles Efficiency Of Dye-sensitized Solar Cells By using a popcorn-ball design — tiny kernels clumped into much larger porous spheres — engineers can more than double the efficiency of a type of solar cell at converting the sun’s rays to electricity. |