Electrical

Storm warnings, courtesy of the sun
Florida Today
Bright House Solar energy now provides weather information for Central Florida. Just in time for today's Earth Day celebrations, Bright House Networks announced last week that its Doppler radar tower in Cocoa will be powered by 130 photovoltaic panels …

Trees stand tall in Sunshine State
The News-Press
Florida has more national champion trees than any other state, and several of them are in Southwest Florida. Boca Grande's picturesque Banyan Street is lined with its namesake trees. / Amy Bennett Williams/news-press.com Sabal palms are Florida's state …

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Panthers one win away from next round
FS Florida
If that effort fails, Florida hosts Game 7 on Thursday. "Electric atmosphere," coach Kevin Dineen said of the sellout Game 5 crowd, "but I sure would rather wait a few days before we have to come home to play another game." As it turns out, …

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Solar energy technology is now more cost-effective
Gainesville Sun
“Solar electric back in the '70s and historically has not been cost-effective,” said Tim Anderson, the director of the Florida Energy Systems Consortium (FESC) at the University of Florida. “There needed to be improvements in manufacturing and in cell …

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Power To The People: Walgreens Offering Hook-Ups For Electric Cars
Sunshine Slate
[Tampa, FL] The open-late drugs-and-donuts retailer Walgreens is giving the whole electric cars movement-industry an incredible boost. That's right, Walgreens has teamed up with a national company to broaden charging capabilities for electric cars at …

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Where our electric comes from, and where our Florida dollars go
Cape Coral Daily Breeze
According to it's own report, "LCEC purchases bulk power services from Seminole Electric Cooperative, Inc., a generation and transmission electric cooperative headquartered in Tampa, Florida.", and "LCEC holds two seats on Seminole's Board of Directors …

Project aims to lower heating costs for electric cars
Chicago Tribune
Engineers at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, known as the PNNL, in Richland, Wash., are conducting research that could go a long way toward making electric cars more affordable — not necessarily to buy, but to operate.