Archive for the 'Energy' Category
Aquion Energy Enters 1 MWh Battery Supply Deal in Hawaii
January 8th, 2015Disclosure: I sell solar power systems in New Zealand. Via: PV Magazine: U.S. aqueous hybrid ion battery developer and supplier Aquion Energy has entered into a supply deal with the residential community Bakken Hale, to supply a 1 MWh battery system. The battery installation will be coupled with a PV array to supply the community […]
Fracking Confirmed as Cause of Rare “Felt” Earthquake in Ohio
January 7th, 2015Via: Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (.pdf): A new study links the March 2014 earthquakes in Poland Township, Ohio to hydraulic fracturing that activated a previously unknown fault. The induced seismic sequence included a rare felt earthquake of magnitude 3.0, according to research published online by the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of […]
New Solar Power Material Converts 90 Percent of Captured Light Into Heat
December 31st, 2014Via: Physorg: A multidisciplinary engineering team at the University of California, San Diego developed a new nanoparticle-based material for concentrating solar power plants designed to absorb and convert to heat more than 90 percent of the sunlight it captures. The new material can also withstand temperatures greater than 700 degrees Celsius and survive many years […]
Oil Set for Biggest Slump Since 2008 as OPEC Battles U.S. Shale
December 31st, 2014Via: Bloomberg: Oil headed for the biggest annual decline since the 2008 global financial crisis as U.S. producers and the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries cede no ground in their battle for market share amid a supply glut. Futures slid as much as 1.1 percent in New York, bringing losses for 2014 to 46 percent. […]
Urban Farming Guys MakerSpace
December 24th, 2014Via: Urban Farming Guys:
Russia: Ex-Minister Kudrin Warns of ‘Full-Fledged Crisis’
December 22nd, 2014Via: Reuters: Russia’s government has pushed the country into an economic crisis by not tackling its financial problems fast enough, former finance minister Alexei Kudrin said on Monday, as evidence mounted of trouble spreading through the economy. The central bank bailed out its first victim of the collapsing currency, authorities announced a tax on grain […]
Russians Flock to Stores to Pre-Empt Price Rises
December 17th, 2014Via: AP: Russian consumers flocked to the stores Wednesday, frantically buying a range of big-ticket items to pre-empt the price rises kicked off by the staggering fall in the value of the ruble in recent days. As the Russian authorities announced a series of measures to ease the pressure on the ruble, which slid 15 […]
Oil Still Dropping
December 16th, 2014$53.80. Via: Reuters: U.S. stock index futures fell on Tuesday as a slide in the Russian rouble and crude oil prices sent traders fleeing risky assets. The rouble (RUB=) lost more than 17 percent against the U.S. dollar even after Moscow’s central bank hiked its main interest rate to 17 percent from 10.5 percent. Brent […]
New Zealand: “Are Electricity Prices Rising Too Quickly?”
December 16th, 2014Disclosure: I sell solar power systems in New Zealand. There are multiple retailers, so a functional market must exist! Right? Cartel. Cartel. Cartel. This is a word that crooks on both the left and right hope you’ll never understand. Cartel: In economics, a cartel is an agreement between competing firms to control prices or exclude […]
Reposit Power
December 15th, 2014Disclosure: I sell solar power systems in New Zealand. Via: REneweconomy: A Canberra-based company is to introduce new technology that it says could help turn electricity markets on their head – by allowing households to buy and sell electricity on the market. The buying and selling of electricity has hitherto been the province of large […]
