- DC power gaining wider acceptance - EF News
- During the late 1800s Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse were engaged in an intense industrial rivalry Edison's electrical inventions ran on DC direct current Westinghouse tried to convince governments and business that AC alternating current was the way to go for the development of large
- Bright ideas that came from Edison - EF News
- Inventing the light bulb was just the beginning of Thomas Edison's story He created three industries, launched several firms, including General Electric (GE), and secured 1,093 patents Lessons he taught the world: • Leap hurdles Almost totally deaf, Edison (1847-1931) dropped out of school
- MIT Study: US Can Meet Power Grid Challenges of Future
Boston -- - In 1882, Thomas Edison introduced the first power grid system in New York City His direct current system initially served 59 customers in the Wall Street area at a price of $5 per kilowatt hour Since then, the technology has ballooned, and today every U S state and the District of
- Power thatÂ’s cheaper than free - EF News
Ever since Thomas Edison invented the light bulb, people have been looking for cost-effective ways to store lots of electricity One approach is a technology called Compressed Air Energy Storage, or CAES, and Boston came to the National Press Club in Washington to talk it up
- The future of producing power in Ontario - EF News
As Leonard Gross, an engineering executive at Ontario's Hydro One, notes: “Since Edison passed away, we've created a compact fluorescent light bulb Nothing else has happened ” Indeed, while Alexander Graham Bell would not recognize today's telephone network, Thomas Edison would feel right at home running our current electrical grid
- Stimulus money crucial for a smart grid - EF News
"This will have long-term results," said Thomas Kuhn, head of Edison Electric Institute, trade association for privately owned electric utilities which serve 75 percent of the country's electric customers "It's an awfully big leg up "
- Customers Cash In On ConEd Incentives - EF News
Beyond the substantial incentives, Con Edison customers participating in its Multi-Family Energy Efficiency Program are opting to install energy management systems in their buildings for a variety of reasons
- Looking at the power grid up close - EF News
“The mind can not conceive,” said Thomas Edison in 1916, “what man will do in the twentieth century with his chained lightning ” And a lot we did, to be sure But now it’s time to start conceiving what we’ll do in the 21st century — and there’s no time to waste
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