Why Balcony Solar Panels Haven’t Taken Off in the US

Another issue in the US is the lack of a compatible safety device called a ground fault circuit interrupter, or a GFCI. They are typically built into outlets installed near water sources, like a sink, washing machine, or bathtub. They’re designed to minimize the risk of electric shock by cutting off power when, for example, […]

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What Caused the European Power Outage?

The causes of the power outage that left millions in Spain and Portugal without electricity on Monday have yet to be fully determined, though service has now been restored across 99 percent of the Iberian peninsula. Red Eléctrica, the public company in charge of operating Spain’s transmission infrastructure, has preliminarily ruled out a cyberattack, human […]

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Europe’s Devastating Power Outage in Photos

Grounded subways, canceled flights, stores, hospitals, and offices completely in the dark: This is the situation following the vast blackout that hit Spain, Portugal, and some regions of southern France. The power grid was sent down around noon local time on Monday, simultaneously blocking all public services in major Spanish cities. The restoration of the […]

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Eve’s Matter-Enabled Energy Outlet Now Available for Purchase

Eve Systems today announced that its Matter-enabled wall-in Eve Energy Outlet is available for purchase both from the Eve Store and from Amazon. Announced back in December, the Eve Energy Outlet is able to replace any existing outlet in a single or multi-gang installation. It connects to a smart home setup using Thread, and has […]

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Samsung to make homes in Britain more energy efficient with SmartThings Energy

Samsung has announced in an official blog that it is teaming up with British Gas to help customers make their homes more energy-efficient across Britain. Samsung will integrate its SmartThings Energy with British Gas’ PeakSave incentive program. This will provide British customers with easier control over their energy usage in their daily lives. Chanwoo Park, […]

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Plongez dans l’univers innovant de Lancey Energy Storage et de sa pompe à chaleur PACABAT au CES 2024

Lauréat du Best of CES Innovation Awards en 2018 dans la catégorie Home Appliances et déjà à l’origine du 1er radiateur électrique intégrant une fonctionnalité de stockage, l’entreprise vient cette année au CES 2024 avec l’ambition avec PACABAT by LANCEY de proposer la première pompe à chaleur air/eau embarquant une batterie et un onduleur, avec un double […]

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Samsung, LG, & GE unveil ‘Innovative Energy Management Interface’ for power efficiency revolution

Home Connectivity Appliance (HCA), spearheaded by Samsung, LG, Haier, Midea, and others, has launched an advanced ‘Energy Management Specification 1.0′ interface at the ongoing world’s largest technology event, CES 2024 in Las Vegas, USA. HCA is an organization founded in 2021 that is dedicated to energy savings by establishing Cloud-to-Cloud (C2C) interoperability across home appliances, […]

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Samsung giving off big DIY energy with Z Fold 5, Flip 5 in self-repair program

Samsung customers have always enjoyed an extensive global repair and service network. You’ll find a Samsung-approved repair provider in most countries, so you could get service for your handset even overseas. Taking it to an official service provider is always the better option since you know that the work would be done with genuine parts. […]

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Energy Drinks Are Out of Control

Whenever he visited his local branch of Panera Bread in Fleming Island, Florida, it was Dennis Brown’s habit to order three drinks in a row. On September 28, and again on October 2, and the 4th, 5th, 7th, and 9th—the day Brown died—his drink of choice was Panera Bread’s Charged Lemonade. A 20-ounce serving of […]

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Windows 11 is getting an enhanced ‘energy saver’ mode that will trade off system performance to extend battery life

What you need to know Microsoft is rolling out a new Windows 11 preview build for testers in the Insider Canary Channel. Today’s build is 26002 and includes a new energy saver feature that builds off the previous “battery saver” mode. The feature works on both laptops and desktop PCs, and is designed to reduce […]

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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella compares the advent of AI to the birth of atomic energy, calls for global regulation

Satya Nadella traveled to the Axel Springer headquarters to receive the 2023 Axel Springer Award. While he was there, he sat down and had an interview with Axel Springers CEO Mathias Döpfner.  The discussion covered a wide range of topics such as leadership, AI, the Activision Blizzard deal, and that canceling the Windows Phone was […]

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The Surprising Way Clean Energy Will Help Save the Snowpack

It’s no surprise that as the planet warms, we’re losing snow. What is surprising is that this loss isn’t just a consequence of more greenhouse gases heating the atmosphere, but of more particulate pollution from fossil fuels. When tiny bits of black carbon fall on snow, they darken it. The snowpack absorbs more of the […]

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iOS 17 Includes ‘Grid Forecast’ Feature to Let You Know When ‘Cleaner’ Energy is Available

Wednesday September 13, 2023 2:28 pm PDT by Juli Clover With the iOS 17 release candidate that came out yesterday, Apple added a new “Grid Forecast” section to the Home app. The feature is designed to use your location to tell you when “clean” energy is available to use, so you can be mindful of […]

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Samsung unveils two energy saving home appliances at IFA 2023

At the IFA 2023 expo in Germany, which is one of the world’s biggest consumer electronics and home appliances trade shows, Samsung unveiled the A-40% washing machine. It is designed to reduce energy consumption by 40%, which makes it reach the A Energy Efficiency class limit. The intelligent technologies that Samsung has implemented in the […]

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SmartThings Energy gets recognition for its power savings ahead of IFA 2023

ETM, a local German product evaluation media outlet, has praised Samsung’s SmartThings Energy for its performance, functionality, and usability. ETM gave SmartThings Energy a total score of 96.1 out of 100 ahead of the IFA 2023 that was held in Berlin, Germany. SmartThings Energy was praised for not only making life easy to save energy […]

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How to Cool an Object Without Using Any Energy

There are three ways that objects can have a thermal interaction with other objects. The most common method is through heat conduction. This happens when two objects of different temperatures are in contact, and thermal energy is transferred from the warmer object to the colder object—like when you hold a can of cold soda in […]

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Samsung unveils GDDR7: 40% faster and 20% more energy efficient than GDDR6

Almost exactly a year ago Samsung introduced GDDR6, which was capable of transmitting 24Gbps per pin. Now the company has completed the design of the next gen in graphics RAM dubbed GDD7. This one goes up to 32Gbps per pin for a total of 1.5 Terabytes per second, 40% faster than the 1.1 Terabytes per […]

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Here Comes Euclid, the Telescope That Will Search for Dark Energy

After Euclid blasts off, it will travel to a spot called Lagrange point 2, about 1.5 million kilometers from Earth, where the telescope will have a clear view of deep space while being able to communicate with astronomers and enjoy continuous sunlight on its solar panels. The telescope is equipped with two instruments that will […]

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With its new update, SmartThings Energy can save you even more money

SmartThings Energy in the USA is becoming smarter thanks to AI (artificial intelligence). Samsung’s energy management platform is now leveraging more AI technologies to give users greater control of their energy bills, save money, and use smart home devices more conveniently. Samsung announced today that SmartThings Energy has partnered with Electricity Maps. The latter is […]

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The Quest to Use Quantum Mechanics to Pull Energy out of Nothing

Hotta found, to his surprise, that a simple sequence of events could, in fact, induce the quantum vacuum to go negative—giving up energy it didn’t appear to have. “First I thought I was wrong,” he said, “so I calculated again, and I checked my logic. But I could not find any flaw.” The trouble arises […]

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