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- Industry looks to LEDs for homes - EF News
Cree, a leading maker of LEDs, showed a new version of its LED ceiling fixture that uses 6 5 watts, compared with 11 watts for last yearÂ’s model, to create the light of a standard 65-watt lamp Even with the wide range of LED products now available, compact fluorescent bulbs will be the technology of choice for most consumers for years to come
- 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 "From a consumer standpoint, these products use a lot of energy, so it's a good idea to have labeling disclosure," said Newsome
- Salina competes against other cities to cut energy - EF News
A typical office light fixture currently runs on 123 watts of power, but smaller tubes now available can produce the same amount of light at 50 watts, or run half-power on 30 watts, he said
- TVA plant signals start of nuclear renaissance - EF News
Knoxville-based TVA — the country's largest public utility, serving 8 7 million consumers in Tennessee and six surrounding states — also expects to decide by late summer if it will complete a second reactor at its Watts Bar plant in Spring City, Tenn Watts Bar, the last new nuclear plant in the U S , came online in 1996 after 22 years of construction TVA still holds a construction
- A green future may take green - EF News
The N C Utilities Commission plans to hear arguments early next year about the proposal, which would help customers weatherize homes and buy energy efficient appliances and low-energy light bulbs, among other green efforts Duke would charge ratepayers, who could end up paying 4 percent extra or saving up to 6 percent, depending on the electricity they save
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Last year TVA estimated the value of two of its nuclear plants at well above their insured limit -- Watts Bar at $6 billion and Browns Ferry at $2 8 billion TVA Director Bill Baxter said the Knoxville-based, federal wholesale power producer is reviewing risks and insurance options based on terrorism activity
- Despite rising costs, TVA says nuclear plants economical
TVA's Watts Bar Unit 1 near Spring City, Tenn , was the last nuclear power generator completed by a U S utility It cost nearly $7 billion in 1996 TVA's two other plants, the twin-reactor Sequoyah station near Chattanooga and the three-reactor Browns Ferry plant near Athens, Ala , were completed in the 1970s at far lower costs
- Winds too fickle at Boston City Hall - EF News
The microturbine planned for City Hall's roof, donated by Southwest Windpower of Flagstaff, Ariz , will produce only 1,800 watts, less than 2 percent as much as the Local 103 wind turbine
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