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Electric cars – century ago?
Treehugger recently published this great image of an electric car charged…a century ago! The Detroit Electric was produced by the Anderson Electric Car Company in – no surprise – Detroit, Michigan, between 1907 and 1939. It wasn’t as fast as a Tesla, with a top
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The construction of thermal solar power plants introduces a new source of energy
CSP (Concentrating solar thermal power) has long been viewed favourably by the wholesale energy sector. Now, advances in technology – including the vital thermal storage capacity that enables solar variability to be decoupled from a plant’s output – have succeeded in converting that s
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With global demand for electricity exploding, steam turbines have a hot future ahead
Steam turbines, first introduced in the late 19th century, have been greatly in demand ever since for electricity generation, marine propulsion and in industry. They are responsible for producing some 80% of the world’s electricity, from fossil and nuclear fuels as well as from
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Renewable energies have a positive effect in many areas beside electricity generation
Steadily growing demand for electricity and efforts to reduce the share of fossil fuels in power generation, so cutting both noxious emissions and dependence on imports, have led to a rapid expansion of the RE (renewable energy) sector. This shift has consequences for the environment,
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Stretchy batteries!
Chinese scientists report (via Scientific American) that Lithium ion batteries that can now be stretched by 600% which can be used in developing industry of wearable devices. Watch this video below to find out more:
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World of the IEC video competition
The IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission) is launching a video competition asking YOU to create a new video, illustrating what we do. Here’s the challenge: in a short video (no longer than 3 minutes) demonstrate the use and importance of IEC Standards and Conformity Assessme
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USNC Names Participants for IEC Young Professionals Workshop 2014
The U.S. National Committee (USNC) of the IEC announced the U.S. winners of the 2014 IEC Young Professionals Workshop competition who will be joining us in Tokyo, Japan, this November. According to the official press release here are the winners: Ryan Franks Mr. Franks serves as a tec
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Extensive standardization work needed to develop marine energy sector
Marine energy is emerging as a huge source of renewable energy but depends on disparate kinds of energies, all of which require different technologies for their full exploitation. IEC TC (Technical Committee) 114: Marine energy, prepares International Standards for this promising sect
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