Electricity

EDF Energy increases standard gas and electricity tariffs (Energy Business Review)

26 Jul 2008

UK-based supplier EDF Energy has announced an increase to its standard energy tariffs of 17% for electricity and 22% for gas, effective from July 25, 2008.

Scientists turn car exhaust into electricity, twice as efficiently (BetaNews)

26 Jul 2008

Scientists from Ohio State University have created a new material called thallium-doped lead telluride, which has been designed to convert car engine exhaust heat into electricity.

Cow power could generate electricity for millions (Queensland Country Life)

25 Jul 2008

Converting livestock manure into a domestic renewable fuel source could generate enough electricity to meet up to 3pc of North America's entire consumption needs and lead to a significant reduction in greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs), according to research published July 24 in the Institute of Physics' Environmental Research Letters.