IT and communications giants including IBM, Hewlett-Packard and Yahoo! are to receive a $47 million boost from the US Department of Energy (DOE) to improve energy efficiency. IT and telecommunications centres currently use around 120 billion kWh per year, equating to 3% of US total electricity use. The rapid growth of the sector could require two new […]
US carmaker General Motors will take a step towards the mass manufacture of its Chevy Volt plug-in electric hybrid later today with the start of lithium-ion battery production. Battery production will begin at GM’s Brownstown Battery Assembly Plant in Michigan and is the first such plant operated by a major carmaker in the US. The batteries are […]
The UK Government’s boiler scrappage scheme to replace old inefficient models with better performing ones, announced in the December Pre-Budget Report, launched yesterday. The scheme, kickstarted by the UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband, will issue vouchers for £400 off the price of a modern A-rated boiler or […]
Stanford University has announced the creation of a new $100 million energy research centre that will bolster its current $30 million a year research programme in the area. “Addressing the challenge of energy will require research on a wide range of issues, from energy efficiency to development and deployment of renewable resources, to reducing the effect […]
Indian electric carmaker Reva has unveiled a lithium-ion battery version of the REVAi (G-Wiz i in the UK) city run-around that promises to extend its range and speed up charging times. The REVA L-ion has been fitted with the new lithium-ion power train, increasing its range to 75 miles – a 50% improvement on the existing model. It […]
Nearly half a million commercial and residential electricity customers in Hawaii will receive smart meters between now and 2015 as part of an agreement between the Hawaiian Electric Company and Sensus Metering Systems. Sensus’ FlexNet system allows two-way communication between customers and Hawaiian Electric. The iCon smart electric meters provide on-demand reads, remote connect/disconnect services, and notifications of […]
