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
Could global warming kill the Internet? Yup.
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.
Interesting article at Wired on the future of solar power.
Placing a wind turbine on your roof will make a great fashion statement to your neighbours but won’t help much in reducing your emissions. On the other hand, the less sexy option of insulation will have a much stronger effect.
Abu Dhabi is going to build a large-scale 500 megawatt solar power plant. If even people in the world’s biggest oil exporting territory are acting now, you know the signs are here.
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.
A screen saver for Windows computers that helps reduce your power consumption and CO2 emissions. Every little bit helps…
Belgian bus builder Van Hool has introduced a hydrogen-powered bus. It’s subsidised like crazy though, so it remains to see when we’ll spot a fleet of them somewhere.
Nuclear power plants requires massive amounts of cool water and, in the face of global warming, they could be vulnerable.
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.
Low-cost film solar panels are now a reality, bringing costs in line with coal generation.
Interesting approach to reducing the wasted energy from all those power supplies we use.
Interesting approach to reducing the wasted energy from all those power supplies we use.
Garamond Powerline. Just what it says.
Is Armenia's Nuclear Plant the World's Most Dangerous?
