Mitsui opens power-saving model 'smart house' The Japan Times Mon, 10 Sep 2012 10:44 AM PDT Mitsui Home Co. unveiled a "smart house" Monday equipped with temperature sensors and other high-tech gear that can help reduce electricity consumption by some 50 percent. The model home features sensors on the walls of each room that gauge temperature, humidity and internal sunlight. The home energy management system receives the data and automatically starts and stops air conditioners, as well ... | Another View: 25 by 25 ballot initiative is reckless and could hurt Michigan The Bay City Times Mon, 10 Sep 2012 10:42 AM PDT The bi-partisan and collaborative forces behind the 2008 Michigan Clean Renewable and Efficient Energy Act were painstakingly aware of how important it was to minimize negative impact on Michigan families and businesses while also taking into consideration several key factors. The process that led to Michiganâs current energy law, which calls for the utilities to generate 10 percent renewables ... | Talisman Energy taps industry veteran to replace CEO, implement new approach Canadian Business Mon, 10 Sep 2012 10:40 AM PDT CALGARY - Talisman Energy Ltd. (TSX:TLM) says it's installing industry veteran Hal Kvisle as its new CEO because the Calgary-based oil and gas company needs a different leadership approach as it shifts strategic direction. Kvisle, a familiar face in the industry after leading TransCanada Corp. (TSX: | Massive Indian Blackout No Problem For Solar-Powered Village GOOD Mon, 10 Sep 2012 10:36 AM PDT Energy start-up Gram Power brought a "micro-grid" and solar power to the village of Rajasthan. So while around 700 million Indians suffered from major blackouts this summer , people in Rajasthan were charging mobile phones and maybe even, according to The Guardian , watching DVDs on their new television sets. Gram Power set up the village with a bank of solar panels, the micro-grid, and smart ... | Spectra, BG partner in plan to build natural gas pipeline across B.C. Brandon Sun Mon, 10 Sep 2012 10:35 AM PDT CALGARY - Spectra Energy and U.K.-based BG Group are partnering up to build a natural gas pipeline across northern B.C. The 850-kilometre pipeline would connect vast natural gas fields in the province's northeast to the site of a possible liquefied natural gas terminal at the port of Prince... | AEE Taps Maryland Energy Official Malcolm Woolf PR Newswire via Yahoo! News Mon, 10 Sep 2012 10:33 AM PDT As VP of Government and Regulatory Affairs, Woolf Will Help Make Business Case for a Smarter Energy FutureWASHINGTON, Sept. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --Â Advanced Energy Economy (AEE) CEO Graham Richard today named Malcolm Woolf as Vice President for Government and Regulatory Affairs. Woolf most recently served as Director of the Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) under Governor Martin O ... | | |
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