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Energy

Page inspired by Shangri-La anime depiction of a dystopic carbon trading geopolitic future.

General resources

Wikipedia:Second law of thermodynamics expression of the universal principle of entropy
Wikipedia:Thermoeconomics
Wikipedia:Energy Slave
Wikipedia:EROEI and Wikipedia:Net energy gain
Wikipedia:Power usage effectiveness
Wikipedia:Performance per watt
Wikipedia:Black start
- "A hydroelectric station needs very little initial power to start (just enough to open the intake gates), and can put a large block of power on line very quickly to allow start-up of fossil-fueled or nuclear stations." which is interesting for Langrolay (and Vademecum) with the nearby Usine marémotrice de la Rance
Wikipedia:Technocracy Incorporated#Energy_accounting

Also the related new concepts discovered and organized in Seedea.

BuildingIQ Predictive Energy Optimization
Bloom Energy providing the "BloomBox" fuel cell
Sun Catalytix
- catalyst that splits water into oxygen and hydrogen fuel, mimicking photosynthesis.
- created by Daniel G. Nocera from MIT Chemistry
- Personalized Energy for 1 (x 6 Billion): A Solution to the Global Energy Challenge by Dr. Daniel G. Nocera, IHMC March 2010
- Sun Catalytix Company Profile on CrunchBase
Oilgae Biodiesel from Algae Oil
- Information, News, Links for Algal Fuel, Alga Bio-diesel, Biofuels, Algae Biofuel, Energy
Eni-MIT Solar Frontiers Center (SFC)

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxe_carbone
Wikipedia:Carbon finance
Wikipedia:Emissions trading
http://carbonfinance.org
http://www.pointcarbon.com/aboutus/productsandprices/news/tradingcarbon
Livre blanc, intitulé « Livre blanc en vue de la conférence d'experts sur la contribution "Climat-Énergie" » [archive] (12 pages, pdf)
news during July in France regarding a potential citizen taxe based on yearly carbon consumption
Tout sur la Taxe Carbone ! Oui, mais bon ... avec Hervé Kempf, Aligre FM 93.1 Mhz September 2009
The Story of Cap and Trade
Pour la taxe carbone. La politique économique face à la menace climatique by Alain Quinet (Caisse des Dépots et Consignations) and Katheline Schubert (Paris I), ENS November 2009
The Carbon Economy:New Opportunities for Green Business, Economist Conferences November 2009
- A special report on climate change and the carbon economy: Getting warmer, The Economist December 2009
Climat, de Kyoto à Copenhague (2/2), Le dessous des cartes, Arte December 2009
- with an examples of carbon credit from "north" to "south" financing of projects
The road to Copenhagen: Mapping carbon dioxide emissions November 2009
Carbon economy interview with Emma Duncan, The Economist December 2009
- if carbon emission stays costly, investment will migrate toward business that do not emit less
  - reference to IP work
  - link to US and Japan IP in software
Bright Green: Carbon Neutrality, in Four Graphs by Eric De Place, Worldchanging April 2010

Regarding finance in general and how it can leveraged, check FinancialTools.

OpenEnergyMonitor developing an end-to-end open-source energy monitoring system that is Arduino IDE compatible
- based on Nanode, Arduino-like board that has in-built web connectivity
Arch Rock Phynet Server manages interconnected collections of IP-based wireless sensor networks (WSNs) using a common web services architecture and web browser interface.
Crossbow Stargate NetBridge (NB100) embedded Sensor Network gateway device. Its purpose is to connect Crossbow Sensor Nodes to an existing Ethernet network.
Sensing and measurement for the Smart grid according to Wikipedia
P3 Kill A Watt
- for individual appliance
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_energy_monitor
- See also Domotics from OurP.IM
T.E.D. (The Energy Detective)
Google PowerMeter Using information from utility smart meters and in-home energy management devices
- its API
- Energy Efficient Monitoring in Sensor Networks written with a Google researcher, Algorithmica 2010
wattvision save money on energy
Berkeley Free Speech Movement Cafe Energy Exhibit Detail, depicts the power used by different pieces of the cafe
Silver Spring Networks including its CustomerIQ web portal