From Guest Blogger John McMalcolm: Go Green When Heating Up for Winter
When winter comes around, most households and offices need to use more energy to stay warm.
Increased use of energy does not only raise utility bills; it can also have a negative impact on the environment. The production of energy results in the emission of greenhouse gases and the depletion of natural resources, and you can do your part to save the environment by reducing your energy consumption.
Here are a number of things you can do to go green while heating up your home or office during winter. (more…)
Of all the articles I read on the subject of 
The future smart city has many opportunities for innovative power solutions, whereby energy fields that are all around us could be used to collect this energy and harness its power. These include light, heat and sound. This infographic takes a look at future applications that could be facilitated by energy harvesting as the technology develops. 
When I first saw the little relatively isolated 110 house neighborhood where I currently live I thought it would be interesting to set up a microgrid so the neighborhood could be independent of the grid when required. I am sure most of the neighbors here would not go for it and neither would the local utility. However it is nice when I see an article where a 
Today is the five year anniversary of the first experiments performed at the 
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A bit off topic perhaps, but I know that a ton of readers here have their own blogs, and thus have to deal with spam. My spam filter, Akismet, which used to be excellent, btw, has for some reason gone downhill recently, and just let through a comment from a guy whose email address clearly says that he’s selling fake Louis Vuitton handbags and whose comment to one of my posts on solar PV is as follows: コート ロング.
With enough solar energy to power almost 12,000 homes and employ 3,200 Texans, 
