Electricity News
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By AFP
Toronto -
Oscar nominees Benedict Cumberbatch and Michael Shannon electrified audiences at the Toronto film festival Sunday with their portrayals of Thomas Edison and his rival in the race for marketable electricity, George Westinghouse.
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Stanford University technologists have succeeded in cooling water without electricity. This is achieved by sending excess heat into space, using specialized optical surfaces.
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A holistic approach to develop and maintain a multi-year energy storage roadmap for Canada has been initiated, starting with a pilot study in Alberta. Phase 1 is to be reported to the Energy Storage in Canada Conference.
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Technologists have devised a computer model to show how smart solid-state transformerscan form a stable, reliable 'smart grid' for the supply of electricity to businesses and homes.
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Researchers have demonstrated that landfill waste can be used to produce energy which generates less greenhouse gases than simply letting the waste decompose. The study highlights an opportunity for startups.
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By AFP
Gaza -
Once a day, the electricity comes on and the Ahmed household whirs into action -- even if it's the middle of the night.
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When Hurricane Andrew hit Florida in 1992, the World Wide Web was just a kid and not that many media companies were online. Cells phones weren't "smart" yet. With Harvey, we were on top of the storm every minute as it came ashore because of technology.
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Several electricity distribution systems are gradually transposed to smart grids. These allow for two-way communication and computer processing. However, this process makes smart grids increasingly vulnerable to cyberattacks.
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Methane is the primary component of natural gas and is considered a by-product of oil drilling. Methane is also a greenhouse gas 34 times more potent than carbon dioxide over the course of a century.
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By AFP
Sevastopol -
The annexed Crimea peninsula was brought to a standstill for two hours Friday after a shutdown in Russia hit supplies there, officials said, the latest in a series of cuts.
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Coal miners across the country were given a big boost when Donald Trump campaigned on bringing the coal industry back to life, and his executive orders scaling back Obama-era regulations were met with further accolades — proof he had kept his word.
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By AFP
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Aeronautics giants are treating the idea of a flying car with caution, as such a project raises more questions than it answers, experts say -- it's a child's dream, a millionaire's toy.But is it really the next big thing in transport?
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By AFP
Gaza -
Israel on Monday began reducing electricity supplies to the Gaza Strip, despite warnings the move could increase suffering and tensions in the Palestinian enclave.
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By AFP
Gaza -
Israel on Monday began reducing its electricity supplies to the two million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip already suffering from insufficient flow, electricity authorities on both sides said.
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Bristol -
An emerging biotechnology process that allows electricity to be generated from urine is closer to realization, following a new study produced by the University of the West of England.
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By AFP
Kinshasa -
The Democratic Republic of Congo said Tuesday it has asked Chinese and Spanish bidders of a colossal dam project to join forces and submit a joint bid.
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By AFP
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The beach looks ready for war: in the sparse lakeshore shade hundreds wait, sweaty from the heat, weapons at their feet.In Kenya's hot, dry and lawless north even the fishermen are armed, but guns will not save them.
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By AFP
San Francisco -
Equipment failure at a utility station and a subsequent fire pulled the plug on San Francisco on Friday, cutting power to downtown businesses and homes for hours.
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A new material promises the potential to generate sufficient power to allow cooking pan to produce sufficient energy to charge a cell phone within a few hours. The new material is cheap to manufacture and works by using hot and cold air.
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Much of the energy around us is wasted, such as the sunlight around us or the movements we make. What if this could be harnessed to create power to drive wearable devices and portable systems? Researchers have been looking into this.
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By AFP
Kiev -
Ukraine on Wednesday announced a state of emergency for its energy sector that could result in rolling blackouts as officials try to sharply curtail electricity use by consumers.
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Some bacteria are electrogenic, meaning they can generate current as part of their metabolism. Researchers have succeeded in conferring this ability onto bacteria that do not naturally have this function. The aim is sustainable electricity generation.
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By AFP
Gaza -
Crippling shortages of electricity in Gaza and reports of children dying of cold have stoked anger in the Palestinian enclave where there are daily protests against its Hamas leaders.
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By AFP
Brussels -
EU anti-trust regulators on Tuesday cleared the French government's massive restructuring of troubled state-owned nuclear reactor builder Areva.
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By AFP
China has charged 10 people over a power plant collapse that killed 74 last month, state media reported Monday, after first detaining 13 in the immediate aftermath of the accident.
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By AFP
Chinese authorities have detained 13 people in connection with a construction collapse at a power station which killed at least 74 people, state media said Friday, the latest industrial accident in the country.
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By AFP
Bejing -
At least 67 people were killed when part of a power station under construction in China collapsed Thursday, state media reported, the latest industrial accident in a country with a dismal safety record.
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Hawaii has become the first state in the United States to make use of wave-produced electricity, thanks to the up-and-down and side-to-side motion of a large buoy swaying and bobbing in the waters off the coast of Oahu.
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By AFP
Paris -
The British government's long-awaited green light for the Hinkley Point nuclear power station in England on Thursday is of vital importance to France and its state-backed energy industry.
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By AFP
London -
Britain finally gave the go-ahead Thursday for Hinkley Point, its first nuclear plant in a generation, but set conditions to address concerns over China's role in a flagship project for Europe's nuclear sector.
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Some of the reduced electricity usage in a busy part of Tokyo, Japan shok
A fairly big number of fish species, including eels and sharks, has the ability to generate and discharge electrical currents in the water around. Wikimedia Commons
Cat® Dealer, Mantrac Africa, partners with Wentworth Natural Resources to bring new power and prosperity to Mnazi Bay and City of Mtwara, Tanzania. CAT Products
In 2011, Wyoming accounted for 9 percent of U.S. marketed natural gas production, 3rd in nation (EIA, 2013). University of Wyoming/School of Energy Resources
Clothes being washed from a well dug in a dry riverbed.
Somalia, 2013. UN Photo/Jeffrey Foxx
Ngong Hills Wind Project, Kenya Flickr
The ideal crystalline structure of graphene is a hexagonal grid AlexanderAlUS
Work outs at theclub in Bristol produce electricity. YouTube
Work outs at theclub in Bristol produce electricity. YouTube
Imperial Palace, Tokyo, Japan Toontown Whitefox
An electricity prepayment meter key in Britain Lydiashiningbrightly on Flick'r
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