Only 20 Watts Needed To Power The Human Brain - EF News
Only 20 watts needed to power the human brain by Globe and Mail - “The human brain runs on only about 20 watts of power, equal to the dim light behind the pickle jar in your refrigerator,” Discover magazine reports. “By contrast, the computer on your desk consumes a million times as much energy per calculation.
Water discharge permit for TVA reactor lapses - EF News
The single-reactor Watts Bar station, some 50 miles south of Knoxville, draws about 150,000 gallons a minute from the river. It returns slightly less because of evaporation in the cooling process. The discharge mixes with 3 million to 4 million gallons a minute already flowing by …
Industry looks to LEDs for homes - EF News
This lamp from Nexxus Lighting uses less than 8 watts and is said to be as bright as a 75-watt incandescent bulb. Price: $100. LED bulbs and fixtures dominated nearly every booth on the show floor. Now all the world has to do is catch up. Most people think of LEDs as the lights blinking from inside electronic devices.
TVA’s Role In Nuclear Defense To Grow - EF News
But that is what the U.S. Department of Energy has been doing at the Tennessee Valley Authority's Watts Bar reactor in East Tennessee since 2003, and now the department has signaled its intention to start additional production of tritium at …
Measuring all those Wii devices - EF News
The smart meter went from one kilowatt-hour (kwh) at 3 p.m. — tracking 1,000 watts used over four days of watching an empty house — to just under 80 kwh by 9 a.m. the next day. To translate that into financial terms, consider that we pay between 5 and 15 cents for each kwh.
Pharmaceutical giant goes green with LED lighting - EF News
"Our previous light fixtures used 26 watts per hour. The LEDs use 9 watts," said Terrence DeWolfe of GSK. "That's a savings of 18 watts per hour, over ten hours a day, five days a week. Financially, that means $46,000 saved each year." LED lights are also much cooler than incandescents or CFLs, which helps to maintain a comfortable room ...
Flatscreens should have energy labels: FTC - EF News
For instance, a 65-inch flat-screen TV can consume between 135 watts and 433 watts, depending of the options and brands. Similarly, a 52-inch LCD model can use between 115 watts to 329 watts.
The nuclear power dispute driving a wedge between France and …
The German protesters that once demanded the site’s closure have decamped, and the last watts were produced three years ago. But disagreements over how the plant from 1977 should be repurposed persist, speaking to a much deeper divide over nuclear power between the two countries on either side of the river’s banks.
Electricity Forum News - California Utilities Lead Solar Boom
In the category of total solar watts per customer, utilities added an average of 33 watts per customer, or the equivalent of one residential-sized system for every 90 customers. However, the median utility added about one watt per customer, which Hamm says shows that watt-per-customer growth is still concentrated in certain utility markets.
Utilities, S.C. officials debate giving consumers energy credits
"Right now, the costs of the technology are fairly high," said Randy Watts, electric regulatory manager at the Office of Regulatory Staff. Even if the financial benefits are small, some might participate for environmental reasons.