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Factcheck: 10 Flaws in the Conservative Report on “Cheap Power”
By Josh Gabbatiss, Molly Lempriere, Simon Evans In a new report, the opposition Conservatives argue that UK electricity prices are too high and that it would be better for the climate to have cheap electricity, even if that means using more gas. The idea is that cheap power would encourage people to use … [continued]
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Photovoltaic Windows Have Been Heating Water in a Bucharest Apartment for Two Years
A two-year apartment pilot in Bucharest uses semi-transparent photovoltaic windows to heat domestic water directly in DC, turning an ordinary water tank into thermal storage without a solar inverter or battery. By Adrian Băisan, PhotoVoltaic Windows SRL For people living in apartment buildings, using solar energy is not as straightforward … [continued]
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Bruce County Memories: Erie Belle blows up off Kincardine
Written by Bruce Krug (September 1965) and submitted by the Bruce County Historical Society On Nov. 21, 1883, the “Erie Belle” was destroyed in a boiler explosion two miles south of Kincardine. She was a wrecking tug owned by a Windsor firm. Previously “Erie Belle” had been a passenger steamer, first on the Atlantic coast […]
The AI Boom Is Prolonging Indiana’s Fossil Fuel Era, With Hidden Costs for Water
Gas turbines and an old coal plant are expected to consume nearly 7 billion gallons of water annually in service of a new Amazon data center.
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Archaeological survey of steam tug wreck site underway in Lake Huron
The S.S. Erie Belle exploded in Lake Huron on Nov. 21, 1883.