 Those attending our second annual education day in San Jose this week will get an up-close and personal look at the E.Rex, which will be at the event, and hear about this EV's power management scheme from keynote speaker Mike Worry. There are a host of other speakers as well. Check out the proceedings here.
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 Just in time for the U.S. phase-out of incandescent bulbs comes the Philips EnduraLED A21, a 17-W LED-based bulb billed as a replacement for conventional 75-W incandescent bulbs. Developed by Royal Philips Electronics, the bulbs use the company's high-power, next-generation Luxeon LEDs. READ MORE
 It turns out that the ice makers found in modern refrigerators burn a lot of energy. Specifically, they boost the energy consumption of a refrigerator by between 12 and 20%. Much of that additional energy cost comes from the electric heaters used to release the ice from the molds. So say researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology who tested four different kinds of refrigerators for energy consumption. READ MORE
 Our recent editorial about short-lived CFLs got the attention of folks at C.Crain, who offered to provide LED bulbs as replacements. Here's what a garage looks like illuminated by the new bulbs versus by 60-W incandescents. You be the judge. READ MORE
 If you don't happen to work for an electrical utility, it may be hard for you to visualize what a scrubber for a coal plant looks like. Duke Energy recently let us see one of theirs near Charlotte, N.C. For the uninitiated, a view of a scrubber up-close and personal can be eye opening. READ MORE
When remanufacturing saves energy
Here come gallium nitride transistors
Energy auditing an entire city
A potted junction box for solar arrays
Low-resistance MOSFETs for hybrids, EVs
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