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April 16, 2013
Plasma Device Developed at MU Could Revolutionize Energy Generation and Storage

University of Missouri engineer Randy Curry and his team have developed a method of creating and controlling plasma that could revolutionize American energy generation and storage.

News, Energy Storage, Energy Education
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March 19, 2013
FirstEnergy Solutions to Hold Energy Seminar for Large Businesses in Akron, Toledo and Cleveland Areas

Large businesses served by Ohio Edison, Toledo Edison and The Illuminating Company are invited to attend a free educational seminar about saving money through electric choice and planning for upcoming capacity price changes.

News, Business, Energy Education
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February 12, 2013
Universities and Utilities Unite

Universities in many parts of the world work quite closely with industry, and technology moves forward collaboratively. Unfortunately, that is not the norm here in the United States.

Spotlight, Energy Delivery, Energy Education
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January 23, 2013
FPL Awards $47,000 in Grants to 43 Teachers Across Florida to Fund Classroom Energy Projects

Forty-three teachers across the state of Florida are recipients of a combined $47,000 in grants from Florida Power & Light Company's 2013 Teacher Grant program to support innovative, teacher-designed classroom projects.

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December 3, 2012
TXU Energy Shows Why It Helps Customers Use Less Electricity

Why would a company help you use less of what it sells? That's the question TXU Energy frames in a new two-minute film.

News, Energy Delivery, End Use, Energy Education
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November 27, 2012
MIT Engineers Propose a New Way of Harnessing Photons for Electricity

The quest to harness a broader spectrum of sunlight’s energy to produce electricity has taken a radically new turn, with the proposal of a “solar energy funnel” that takes advantage of materials under elastic strain.

News, Solar, Utility Generation, Utility Generation Research, Energy Education
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November 19, 2012
Berkeley Lab Hosts Industry for Preview of First Phase of Laboratory for Energy-Efficient Buildings

Nov. 16 marked the opening of the first two testbeds of FLEXLAB, the Facility for Low Energy eXperiments in Buildings at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

News, Energy efficiency, End Use, Energy Education
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September 25, 2012
2012 Revisions to NFPA 70E

Changes to the 2012 edition of this electrical safety standard target training, verification to improve worker safety.

Spotlight, End Use, Policy, Energy Education
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September 21, 2012
Carnegie Mellon Launches Wilton E. Scott Institute for Energy Innovation

Carnegie Mellon University has launched the Wilton E. Scott Institute for Energy Innovation, a major research and education initiative focused on improving energy efficiency and developing new, clean, affordable and sustainable energy sources

News, End Use Research, End Use, Energy Education
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September 21, 2012
Engineer Meets World (and We Have a Little Communication Problem)

Why not aim toward being the Carl Sagan of your specialty? Try tailoring your presentation to fit anothers' learning mode, not your comfort zone.

 

Insights, Energy Education