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Regulators consider Duke’s “Save-a-Watt” plan
Under Save-a-Watt, the utility would be permitted in 2009 to add on average 98 cents per month to the bills of its 1.8 million customers in North Carolina. Duke would create financial incentives …
UK breaks coal free energy record again but renewables still n - EF …
LONDON - Today is the fourth the UK has entered with not a watt of electricity generated by coal. It’s the longest such streak since the 1880s and comes only days after the last modern era …
Ritter, Xcel at odds over solar subsidy - EF News
Apr 15, 2010 · To encourage more customers to use solar, Xcel launched a program two years ago that offered customers a $2.50-per-watt renewable energy credit and a $2-per-watt rebate …
Industry looks to LEDs for homes - EF News
This lamp from Nexxus Lighting uses less than 8 watts and is said to be as bright as a 75-watt incandescent bulb. Price: $100. LED bulbs and fixtures dominated nearly every booth on the …
Holdouts for humble bulb defy phaseout - EF News
Mr. Wright says that in the last two months he has sold 3,000 of the 100-watt bulbs — the traditional mainstay of British light fixtures — more than 30 times the usual. People are …
Turning dirty garbage into clean fuel - EF News
We hired a series of consultants who studied the problem to death, but we eventually realized we were getting nowhere," vice-president Mike Watt said. Then, Walker Industries hooked up with …
Solar could provide 10% of generation by 2025 - study
• Installed solar PV prices are projected to decline from an average $5.50-$7.00 peak watt (15-32 cents kWh) today to $3.02-$3.82 peak watt (8-18 cents kWh) in 2015 to $1.43-$1.82 peak …
SunPower achieves new efficiency record - EF News
"For the same reason, increased efficiency reduces the cost per watt and cost per kilowatt-hour for feedstock and materials, depreciation and other manufacturing expenses, installation time, …
Falling silicon prices pressure thin-film solar - EF News
TOKYO, JAPAN - A collapse in silicon prices threatens to put the heat on solar panel makers that use little of the material, such as Japan's Sharp Corp and even low-cost industry darling First …
Project helps energize home - EF News
Solomon said he's built seven wind generators; three were prototypes, and he sold two on eBay. Currently, he uses a 500-watt generator and a 200-watt generator, along with four solar …