Category Archives: Eco

Power, chemical and electrical

Posted on August 9, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

I was reading this Blog post on Depleted Cranium in which the spin of an Italian energy company is being highlighted. It has built what it calls a ‘combined cycle’ solar/gas power plant. The gas part has a capacity of 752MW of electricity … Continue reading →

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It’s nice to be right sometimes

Posted on July 24, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

The next issue of Sound and Image should contain my review of the Panasonic 50 inch 3DTV. In that review I wrote: The very first TV for which I formally measured the power consumption using the international standards was the … Continue reading →

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Energy Saving Switch

Posted on April 30, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

I’m just setting up a 52 inch Sony TV. After putting it on its stand, I loaded the remote with batteries, hit the remote’s standby switch, and nothing happened. That’s fine, all I had to do was find the hard … Continue reading →

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