Electricity

Nuclear power comes to your neighborhood
By: William Atkins

Hyperion Nuclear Power Generation, Inc. has developed a small, modular energy reactor called the Hyperion Power Module (HPM) that can supply emission-free and affordable electricity through nuclear energy for up to 20,000 U.S. homes.


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Australia to host global energy decentralisation event
By: Stan Beer

Australia is to host a distributed energy conference in November, organised by the CSIRO. The event, hosted in Sydney, will focus on ways to generate renewable and other sources energy closer to the places that use them.


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Clean solar energy from Sahara could one day provide electricity to Europe
By: William Atkins

The European Union is considering a giant energy project in which enormous numbers of solar panels and arrays would be placed in the sunny desert of North Africa’s Sahara to provide enough electricity for all the power needs of Europe. All it would take would be vast sums of money, labor, and time.


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Sharp’s solar powered LCD TV is the way of the future!
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt

Japanese electronics powerhouse Sharp is showcasing its “Zero Emission House” with one of the highlights being a low power consumption prototype 26-inch LCD TV. If desired, it can fully powered by a similarly sized solar panel connected to a battery system that stores the electricity generated by the sun, giving you power even if “off the grid”. Cool!


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Gadget electricity costs: a high or low bill is your “CHOICE”
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt

Wow, leaving your Playstation 3 on 24x7 for a year and not even using it could cost AUD $250 in electricity alone – was your mother right when she said to turn things off at the wall?!


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Green gamers? I don’t think so
By: Mike Bantick

What uses more power, a Sony PS3 or your average-sized refrigerator?  According to Choice magazine gaming systems and associated home entertainment equipment is chewing through more juice than ever.


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Where’s my electric Bambino, dude?
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt

The Fiat 500, said to be ‘car of the year’ in the UK, is as cute as a button – just like it was back in 1957, when it first appeared. But where’s the electric version that would make this car glide, instead of sputter?


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Phone battery flat? Charge it up again – with water!
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt

I’ve seen water powered digital watches and calculators on sale at markets – now Samsung is taking the technology a step further to transform water into a power source that could – in 2010 - literally juice up your future phone!


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Wolves howl at Full Moon: Guess what happens On The Moon?
By: William Atkins

NASA scientists have discovered that the tail of the Earth’s magnetic field goes out to the Moon when it is full. This interplay between Earth’s magnetotail and the Full Moon has been found to cause lunar dust storms and electrostatic discharges (static).


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Unfortunately, The Power is in Their Hands
By: David Heath

Melbourne’s recent storm-caused electricity crisis was just like déjà vu all over again!
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