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Coal consumption and district heating in China
Posted by Asiful Hai on June 02, 2015
In 2014, coal accounted for 64% of China’s total energy consumption[i]. The country is responsible for burning half the world’s coal...
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How to reduce your refrigerator energy usage without breaking the bank
Posted by Daniel Kupchak on May 27, 2015
Did you know at 12 cents per kWh it costs roughly $140 every year to run a ten year old refrigerator? And you can almost double that cost if you...
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Renewable energy investments growing in emerging economies
Posted by Robert McIntosh on May 20, 2015
To get to where they are today, the world’s developed nations relied heavily on fossil fuels during industrialization. The focus for most of...
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Advancing strategic electrical infrastructure in developing nations with microgrids
Posted by Luigi Buenavista on May 13, 2015
Although sub-Saharan Africa is incredibly rich in potential power-generation capacity, a recent McKinsey and Company report revealed only seven...
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Think Snow
Posted by Daniel Hoornweg on May 06, 2015
Truth be told, when I was a kid I found my dad’s constant grumbling about winter annoying. He would complain incessantly about the cold and...
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