Energy
December 27, 2011
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I just love learning how other people live off-grid, especially when they are doing it in a very similar way to how I live. LaMar Alexander has done all of this and more, we may be in different places, but we both started out with small and simple systems, cobbling together this and that, building an independent life one piece at a time.…
Legislation needed to tackle misleading solar advertising. We are being swamped with false claims…
Its time to start culling woodland,scavenging fuel from dumpsters and wearing warmer clothes
Start foraging in Granny’s closet — if forecasts by Deutsche Bank are true, we are heading for =higher energy prices very soon. The bank’s researcher estimates that prices will rise a further 25% by 2015, meaning that the average household will be spending more than 4% of their disposable income on fuel bills, back to the levels seen following the oil shocks of the1970s.…
“We believe that in the next 3-5 years you’ll get power cheaper from your roof than from the grid,” says NRG boss, 20m customers…
Further evidence in favor of Micro-grids and against the so-called Smart Grid.
The runaway take-up of rooftop solar panels in Australia has undermined the electricity supply system, feeding so much power back into the network that it is causing voltage rises that could damage household devices such as computers and televisions. This means we should either rewire every home and every street, to suit the convenience of the big Utility companies, or rethink the way the nation’s energy delivery is organised. What applies to Australia is true elsewhere in the world.…
As consensus builds around micro-grids as the future of energy, main question will be: “who owns them?”…
Violent weather in Northeast is stressing the above-ground utility grid as never before – no answer in sight except make your own plans…
They look great but that homey glow real fires produce sends heat right up the chimney as the fire sucks warm air from the rest of the house.
“Ninety-five percent of the heat is lost,” said Prof Kevin Eigel, who studies energy use in homes. “The rest of the house gets cold even while it’s warm right around the fireplace.”
Fortunately, homeowners have more options than ever to get more use and heat from the fireplace.
Options range from a simple blower system that costs less than $1,000 to wood-burning inserts that can cost more than $5,000 but can heat an entire home.…
With average real incomes heading down and average fuel bills going up, the typical British household will be in “fuel poverty” by the 2015 if energy bills stay on their current path.
Fuel prices have almost doubled as a share of median income since 2004, and an official target to spend £200bn on new infrastructure by 2020, mainly on the so-called Smart Grid, will intensify the price rises.
Next month, the average annual bill for a “dual fuel” (Gas and electric) customer will reach £1,293, or 6 per cent of median household income, compared with 3.3 per cent in 2004.…
Urban slums the most likely to benefit from kinetic powered LEDs says inventor…
the price of wood is rising, but there are still plenty of ways of cutting heating costs…
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