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Could a home battery save you money even if you don't have solar panels?
Not every home is made for solar panels. Some roofs are shaded for much of the day. Some are the wrong shape, face the wrong way or belong to a listed building. Flats, rented homes and leasehold properties can all come with extra hurdles. And for…
Solar panels and heat pump use increases after Ukraine war effects
The figure north of the border has almost doubled since 2019 when it was 23 per 1,000 Scottish households. The research found that in Aberdeenshire and Stirling, one in 10 homes now have solar panels. Analysis also found there has been strong…
Octopus Energy takes on Tesla with batteries for your home
Octopus Energy is taking on Tesla and a growing list of home energy brands, with its own range of batteries designed to help households store cheaper electricity and use it when prices rise. The new Octopus Nook range was announced at the company's…
Ottawa tabs $21.6M for Sayisi Dene energy projects
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Another industrial inferno in Los Angeles working class neighborhood
The catastrophic industrial fire that erupted June 17 at the Lineage Logistics cold-storage facility in Boyle Heights has become one of the most significant industrial disasters in Los Angeles in recent years. The inferno, which continued…
What Is An 'Electrostate' And Would It Make Us More Energy Secure?
High voltage power transmission lines and pylons. (Photo by Darren Holden/Construction Photography/Avalon/Getty Images) The term “electrostate” is a recent addition to the vocabulary of energy, one given support by the Hormuz oil and…
A volatile oil market is free advertising for everything Chinese
Yet China has also built the largest fleet of wind, solar, and hydro on the planet, with renewables now past 30 per cent of its electricity and climbing fast. That in-between mix gets treated in Washington as a transition stalled halfway, a…
Infill Housing: Real Estate's Diamond In The Rough
Thomas James Homes has built 1,400 infill homes across a few states with a vertically integrated process that limits the risk to the buyer. Rough estimates show hundreds of thousands to up to two million infill lots available across the country…
Demand for air-conditioner servicing, repairs heats up in Malaysia amid prolonged hot weather
PETALING JAYA – The prolonged hot weather is driving many Malaysians to rely heavily on air-conditioners, creating a surge in demand for servicing and repairs. Some desperate families are also considering installing solar panels to beat the…
'Green' home features can earn developers 18% more, then save homeowners money in the long term: new study
For years, builders and developers have treated “sustainable” homes as someone else's problem. Solar panels, batteries, double-glazed windows, correct insulation, good ventilation and better materials have been thought to be too…
The AI Industrial Explosion - Part 4: Cheap power - LessWrong
In Parts 1, 2, and 3 we estimated how fast a post-AGI economy could grow using existing or historically observed production techniques, grounded in US input-output data. That approach gave us confidence that the methods we assumed were physically…
The World Must Adopt an Electrification Roadmap
ISTANBUL—The cascade of shocks to the global economy over the past few months has offered a glimpse of our new reality. The Gulf conflict has taken an extraordinary—and dangerous—amount of oil, gas, and fertilizer off the…
UK homeowners fear installing heat pump is a 'high stakes gamble'
Homeowners are viewing the transition to heat pumps as a 'high stakes gamble', a leading consumer group has warned, citing a raft of concerns beyond just the initial expense. Research by Which? reveals householders are apprehensive about the…
Dumfries and Galloway company names chairman as it expands housing technology
The company recently invested in a new 60,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Dumfries, a move expected to create up to 70 jobs over the next five years. VASO Global's structural composite panels are designed for use in housing and wider…
11 Ultralight Camping Gadgets You Can Find On Amazon
Shedding as much weight as possible is a no brainer when heading off into the wilderness for a camping trip, but that could mean leaving behind gear that may make your adventure easier or more enjoyable. To avoid having to make such sacrifices, you…
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