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  1. Salina competes against other cities to cut energy - EF News

    A typical office light fixture currently runs on 123 watts of power, but smaller tubes now available can produce the same amount of light at 50 watts, or run half-power on 30 watts, he said.

  2. Industry looks to LEDs for homes - EF News

    Cree, a leading maker of LEDs, showed a new version of its LED ceiling fixture that uses 6.5 watts, compared with 11 watts for last yearÂ’s model, to create the light of a standard 65-watt …

  3. Flatscreens should have energy labels: FTC - EF News

    For instance, a 65-inch flat-screen TV can consume between 135 watts and 433 watts, depending of the options and brands. Similarly, a 52-inch LCD model can use between 115 watts to 329 …

  4. - EF News - electricityforum.com

    Last year TVA estimated the value of two of its nuclear plants at well above their insured limit -- Watts Bar at $6 billion and Browns Ferry at $2.8 billion. TVA Director Bill Baxter said the …

  5. TVA plant signals start of nuclear renaissance - EF News

    Knoxville-based TVA — the country's largest public utility, serving 8.7 million consumers in Tennessee and six surrounding states — also expects to decide by late summer if it will …

  6. Despite rising costs, TVA says nuclear plants economical

    TVA's Watts Bar Unit 1 near Spring City, Tenn., was the last nuclear power generator completed by a U.S. utility. It cost nearly $7 billion in 1996. TVA's two other plants, the twin-reactor …

  7. Winds too fickle at Boston City Hall - EF News

    The microturbine planned for City Hall's roof, donated by Southwest Windpower of Flagstaff, Ariz., will produce only 1,800 watts, less than 2 percent as much as the Local 103 wind turbine.

  8. Gadgets to go green at Electronics Show - EF News

    The specification now sets maximum levels for power consumption when the computer is on but idle — previously, Energy Star dealt only with the ability to enter "sleep" mode. There won't …

  9. Saudis building solar-powered desalination plant

    Saudi Arabia receives 7,000 watts of sunshine per square meter on an average day of 12 hours. The initiative aims at reducing the cost of desalination to less than 40 U.S. cents per cubic …

  10. A back-end solution to an energy crisis - EF News

    A kilowatt is the amount of electrical capacity needed to supply 10 light bulbs, each rated at 100 watts. To boost the power output to the higher figure, the farm plans to mix manure from its …