Race to Zero Student Design Competition

From U.S. Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy:

The Energy Department’s Race to Zero Student Design Competition offers our next generation of #architects,#engineers, construction managers, and#entrepreneurs a chance to develop creative solutions to real-world problems as university teams design or redesign an existing floor plan to save #energy and save money. #Students and #professors can sign up by Dec. 15 here: http://bit.ly/1ydHoPD. Help spread the word and learn more about the competition:http://go.usa.gov/wm5R. 
Pictured below is a rendering of a two-story townhome designed for the 2014 competition by the Georgia Techstudent team.

Lamborghini is planning a plug-in hybrid SUV - Dec. 4, 2014

The Lamborghini Asterion plug-in hybrid concept car points the way to the automaker's electric future, but its CEO says that future will most likely look like an SUV, and not like this sleek coupe.

Lamborghini CEO Stephan Winkelmann told CNNMoney that an SUV's tall body should easily be able to fit a powerful plug-in hybrid powertrain, and that's where we should expect to see the sort of technology currently found in the Asterion concept car.

Lamborghini is planning a plug-in hybrid SUV - Dec. 4, 2014

Duke Energy receives Customer Analytics Innovation Award for energy efficiency program - Duke Energy

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -

Duke Energy has been recognized with a 2014 Innovation Award by the Utility Analytics Institute in the customer analytics category for its My Home Energy Report (MyHER) energy efficiency program.

The Innovation Award recognizes utilities and their leaders that apply data and analytics to positively impact business operations across grid analytics, customer analytics and analytics business infrastructure.

Duke Energy receives Customer Analytics Innovation Award for energy efficiency program - Duke Energy

PVT Land Co. to turn C&D debris into renewable fue - Renewable Energy From Waste

PVT Land Co. to turn C&D debris into renewable fue - Renewable Energy From Waste

Harsche Kritik an der deutschen Regierung: Die Energiewende als Lug und Trug - Wirtschaft Nachrichten - NZZ.ch

The German energy revolution did not help the climate despite costs of hundreds of billions of euros, says the environmental economist Joachim Weimann.  He calls for a demolition exercise and relies entirely on the European emissions trading. 



Harsche Kritik an der deutschen Regierung: Die Energiewende als Lug und Trug - Wirtschaft Nachrichten - NZZ.ch

Hydropower

From U.S. Dept. of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy:

When most people think of #hydropower, they think of massive dams like the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River between #Arizona and #Nevada. But our biggest hydroelectric capability could come in much smaller packages. Small or “low-head” hydropower facilities, such as the dam pictured below, can generate power from small rivers and streams, helping to increase renewable #energy generation across #America. We announced two new projects in #Michigan and#Pennsylvania today to support the use of advanced materials and manufacturing techniques in the development of “low-head” hydropower technologies. Learn more: http://go.usa.gov/6q99.

Photo courtesy Youngs Creek Project, Snohomish County PUD, Washington.

Duke Energy offers holiday lighting energy calculator and winter tips to help save energy and money - Duke Energy

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -

Before you deck the halls and transform your home into a festival of lights, calculate how your twinkling holiday displays will affect your winter energy bills.

Duke Energy offers holiday lighting energy calculator and winter tips to help save energy and money - Duke Energy