Energy

Macy’s of New York is the latest company to install a Bloom Energy fuel cell – which the energy company calls a “server” as it sounds fancier.

Bloom Energy is behind a rush towards microgrids from major corporates.

It has launched a new energy server with patented solid-oxide fuel-cell technology that can generate 100 kW, enough to power one small office building or 100 average U.S. homes. The Bloom Energy Server makes it possible to generate electricity locally, rather than purchasing it from a utility company.
The company says a server costs from $700,000 to $800,000,…

The spectre of the British people as slaves of the new Chinese superpower just got a step closer.

The Brits have agreed to what must be the dumbest deal ever to be voluntarily undertaken by a national government that did not have a gun to its head.

I refer of course to their new nuclear power station which will be financed by the Chinese and built by the French using outdated technology. Never mind that the whole idea of a giant nuclear power station has been thoroughly discredited in Japan, the one the Brits chose is last decade’s model.…

Its yet another example of rip-off Britain.

Scottish Power make it almost impossible for a normal custoimer to switch tariff or energy supplier.

But the UK State energy regulator, Ofgem, is completely ineffectual in standing up to the Utilities, and politicians act like startled rabbits when confronted with the power of the power companies – specifically their threats to reduce investment and switch off the nation’s lights.

In a typical example of how all the big six energy companies behave, attempts to change supplier from Scottish power today were met with

*A permanent engaged tone from their main number
*No answer from their switching number
*A broken web site – just on the page where you switch
*Being placed on permanent hold when finally through to the seemingly correct number.

Attempts to switch tariff WITHIN Scottish power were met with an identical set of problems…

PISCATAWAY, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–November 14, 2013– IEEE Electrification Magazine highlights advanced concepts, technologies and practices associated with all aspects of electrification transportation and off-grid sectors

IEEE Power & Energy Society a professional organization for electrical companies, announced that the magazine would be a quarterly print and digital publication dedicated to disseminating information on all matters related to microgrids onboard electric vehicles, ships, trains, planes and off-grid applications.…