Aberthaw Power Station helps Wales in winter freeze
Power station workers at Aberthaw in the Vale of Glamorgan braved the snow and hazardous driving conditions today to keep the country’s electricity supplies topped up as freezing temperatures led to higher power demands.
Green Promotional Item Cuts PC Energy Use
About Ecobutton
Plugs into any PC’s USB port
At the push of a button, the ecobutton automatically puts your computer into a special “ecomode” that saves more energy than normal sleep mode, drawing only the same nominal power as when the computer and monitor are completely shut down
Save energy while taking a phone call [...]
Nokia : Connecting People with their environment
The concept
The concept consists of two parts – a wearable sensor unit which can sense and analyze your environment, health, and local weather conditions, and a dedicated mobile phone.
The sensor unit will be worn on a wrist or neck strap made from solar cells that provide power to the sensors. NFC (near field communication) technology [...]
Energy from river weirs promises long-term revenue flow
New project in Derbyshire hopes to pave the way for widespread rollout of micro-hydro technologies
The UK is missing out on an affordable and plentiful source of renewable energy through its failure to deploy micro-hydro technologies capable of generating usable power from existing river weirs.