Philips has released a 650-lumen LED flood lamp for $12.97 USD comprising Luxeon mid-power LEDs built by the Philips Lumiled facility in San Jose, California. It is the SlimStyle BR30. About The Philips SlimStyle LED’s Energy-Efficiency The Philips BR30 LED flood lamp consumes only 9.5 watts, and it is nearly as bright as a 60-watt incandescent…
DetailsAna Filipa Scarpa was in Leziria Grande at Vila Franca de Xira in Portugal, and at dusk, she noticed what appeared to be a funnel cloud stretching from the sky to the ground (roughly 1,000 feet/305 metres long). It was almost a 1/4-mile away from her, but she realized that it wasn’t wind. It was alive. It…
DetailsMars Incorporated, the manufacturer of SNICKERS, Skittles, Pedigree, and other products will have a whopping 200 MW wind farm constructed by Blattner Energy Inc, with the assistance of Sumitomo Corporation and BNB Renewable Energy. That will cover 100% of Mars’ U.S. electricity usage! Mars is a big company, consisting of 70 sites, including 37 factories and…
DetailsThe Pacific Hurricane Season is supposed to start on May 15. However, a tropical disturbance has already been detected 240 miles southwest of Zihuatanejo, Mexico. Could this signal a hurricane rebound? Last year, there were no major hurricanes. This could be the earliest formation in the eastern Pacific basin since 1949. This tropical disturbance may not…
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Photon Energy Australia has launched a 283 kW rooftop solar system on an office building in Sydney’s Commercial Business District. This rooftop solar system will help the company to achieve 5-star NABERS and Green Star ratings, and it is also one of the largest rooftop solar systems in Australia. Photon Energy‘s rooftop solar power system,…
DetailsA gallery of photos I took during the 2014 Forest Trek I joined from St. Ann to Holly Mount Great House in St. Catherine, Jamaica. Credit for all photos: Kompulsa.
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Jaguar Land Rover has switched on the United Kingdom’s largest rooftop solar PV power plant.
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In the United Kingdom, 227 MW of PV solar systems were connected in March alone.
DetailsThe United States And Iraq Have Increased Oil Production An article found on CNBC indicates that the United States will soon overtake Russia and Saudi Arabia as the biggest oil producer in the world. And though the United States is also the biggest consumer of oil in the world, the United States International Energy Administration…
DetailsBy Nicholas Brown. Matt Farah and Zack Klapman of The Smoking Tire went on an electric car test drive to compare the value of the Chevrolet Volt and Cadillac ELR. Zach Klapman drove the Cadillac ELR, and Matt Farah drove the Chevy Volt. Video Credit: The Smoking Tire on Youtube. Unsurprisingly, the ELR was found…
DetailsBy Nicholas Brown. Panasonic, a major manufacturer of batteries, is hesitant to join Tesla Motors’ ‘Gigafactory’ project, because it would raise investment risks, according to Panasonic’s CEO Kazuhiro Tsuga. “Our approach is to make investments step by step,” Tsuga said yesterday. “Elon plans to produce more affordable models besides Model S, and I understand his thinking…
DetailsGeneral Electric (GE) has revealed its Ecomagination research and development centre in the Incubator Building of Masdar City. It was inaugurated by His Excellency Dr. Sultan Al Jaber, UAE minister of state and CEO of Masdar. The Incubator Building is for housing small startup companies, small-and-medium-sized enterprises, and regional offices for multinational companies. Apart from GE,…
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