Interesting comparison of macs’ power consumption in different modes. A dual G5 still pulls 3.2 W when powered down! This comforts me in my use of powerstrips to switch everything off at night or when not in use.
Plans announced for Belgium’s largest offshore wind farm
Europe got a taste of rolling blackouts yesterday. They were due to increased demand on the grid when temperatures suddenly dropped. update : it actually started with a line being turned off in order to let a cruise ship past.
A new skyscraper to be built in Paris will have a windfarm at the top while a nightclub in Rotterdam will generate electricity from dancers’ movements.
Australia is the first country to make a move against incandescent light bulbs, banning them completely by 2009 in favour of energy-saving compact fluorescents.
Energy efficiency labelling for all electronic goods is not a bad idea. I can’t count the number of times when I’ve had to try and peer behind equipment to find an indication of its power usage.
The United Nations say clean energy could provide almost a quarter of the world’s electricity by 2030. Many are sceptical.
A Europe-wide wind-powered electricity grid could be in our future.
Potential future energy sources for Europe: a string of giant solar power stations along the Mediterranean desert shores and a a 5,000-mile wind-powered electricity supergrid, stretching from Siberia to Morocco and Egypt to Iceland.
Garamond Powerline. Just what it says.
Europe’s first electricity grid dedicated to renewable power will become a political reality this month, as nine countries formally draw up plans to link their clean energy projects around the North Sea.
