TV has been blamed—with reason I think—for a lot of bad things, among them increasing obesity and short attention spans. Until this morning, though, I hadn’t thought of what television sets represent in terms of energy consumption. During peak viewing periods, like the Super Bowl, TVs in California use up to 40 per cent of the state’s electricity production, and on average TVs represent 10 per cent of a family’s electricity bill, the Los Angeles Times reports . The main culprits are those... Read Full Story
According to a new technical market research report, Carbon Capture & Storage Technologies from BCC Research , the global market for carbon capture technologies was worth $88.7 billion in 2007. This is expected to increase to over $236.3 billion by 2012, a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 21.8%.¹
¹Naib, The Seitch Blog
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The global market for carbon capture and storage technologies is expected to top $236 billion in 2012 as governments around the globe struggle to reduce emissions and secure stable energy sources in an era of climate change and rising oil and gas prices, according to a new report.¹
¹ClimateBizz Staff
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With the recent high temperatures and humid
conditions throughout the country, the Wet Bulb Globe Thermometer (WBGT) is an
important tool for preventing heat stress during hot weather conditions. But
what can be done to determine how the air inside is affected by heat sources?
The Heat Flow Meter (HFM) is a relative of the WBGT that measures how much heat
is escaping from a source. Many companies use the HFM to determine the heat
loss of various machines. This process not only measures the... Read Full Story
According to a new technical market-research report entitled The Market for Thermal Management Technologies, BCC Research states the global market for thermal management was worth $6.1 billion last year. The researcher expects that market to increase to $6.8 billion this year and $11.1 billion by the end of 2013, a compound annual growth rate of 10.3 percent.¹
¹Cabling Installation & Maintenance Online
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The first step in wide scale deployment of Thermal Energy Storage TES and other demand side management tools is wide spread deployment of smart electric meters. Smart meters allow customers to buy power at lower cost when demand is low. There are a few people that will simply turn their A/C off when prices get high on a summer afternoon, but I think most people are like me and want to crank the A/C down and enjoy the cool during the hottest parts of the day. I will be one of the TES air... Read Full Story
Following is a clarification from Mark Glover, Trinity Thermal Systems. “It is not only how much, but when we use electricity that is important. Storage is an integral part of every manmade system we have. We have food in our pantries, fuel in our car gas tanks, and water in our water towers to meet our needs on demand. Man’s greatest machine is our mass network of electricity and grid, but it does not have storage built in. The supply and demand of electricity must perfectly balance... Read Full Story
The storage of electric energy is vitally important, but often neglected for other green options. If energy storage could be deployed in sufficient quantity throughout Texas, it would eliminate the need for ALL the currently proposed power plants, and the need for many of the most polluting existing power plants. Power plants have to be built to serve short spikes in peak demand because air conditioning drives up peak demand. Thermal energy storage (TES) lowers spikes in peak demand by... Read Full Story
The North American Electric Reliability Council reports that the demand for electricity is expected to rise 19 percent by 2015, or 141,000 megawatts. The problem is that generation capacity is only anticipated to grow by 6 percent.
People don’t realize how dangerously close we’re moving to not having enough capacity. Needless-to-say, the market will provide some solutions. That is, if supply and demand remain out-of-whack and natural gas prices stay high then other alternative sources of... Read Full Story
As an energy industry professional I am becoming alarmed at the increasing cost of energy. I look at my electric bill and think this is really convenient and reasonably priced energy, but I know if we don’t get proactive, the price is going to change significantly.
I’m going to ask you to join me and get proactive and solve this problem. If you don’t provide leadership, we will all suffer.
The biggest bottleneck to maintaining low cost global electric prices is ENERGY STORAGE... Read Full Story
