http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. The new "smart meters" utilities are installing in homes around the world to reduce energy use raise fresh privacy issues because of the wealth of information about consumer habits they reveal, experts said Friday. http://www.physorg.com/news176703307.html Technology Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:16:07 EST news176703307 AES Geo Energy, a Bulgarian unit of US energy giant AES Corporation, launched on Tuesday the largest 156-megawatt wind farm in Bulgaria, the company said. http://www.physorg.com/news174063976.html Technology Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:20:03 EST news174063976 (PhysOrg.com) -- Using solar panels, wind turbines, appliance monitoring, and on-site energy storage, General Electric has a plan to enable homeowners to cut their annual energy consumption (from the electric grid) to zero, in some cases, and at least minimize consumption in others. GE is piloting the technology this year, and hopes to commercialize the system by 2015. http://www.physorg.com/news166965770.html Technology Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:23:15 EST news166965770 Chinese and Russian cyber-spies have hacked into the US electricity grid and inserted programs that could be used to disrupt the system, a report said Wednesday. http://www.physorg.com/news158409303.html Technology Wed, 08 Apr 2009 11:35:26 EST news158409303 Australia announced plans to build a 30 billion US dollar broadband network, its biggest infrastructure project ever, opting to retain government control rather than contract out the deal. http://www.physorg.com/news158302467.html Technology Tue, 07 Apr 2009 05:55:01 EST news158302467 US automaker Tesla Motors unveiled Thursday its state-of-the-art five-seat sedan, billed as the world's first mass-produced, highway-capable electric car. http://www.physorg.com/news157312107.html Technology Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:48:57 EST news157312107 (PhysOrg.com) -- Dispersed wind farms and solar panels on people`s homes are posing new challenges for managing power grids that were designed when all electricity was generated in centralised plants. A new semantic web technology promises a solution. http://www.physorg.com/news153407687.html Technology Mon, 09 Feb 2009 13:16:42 EST news153407687 A way to make wind power smoother and more efficient that exploits the inertia of a wind turbine rotor could help solve the problem of wind speed variation, according to research published in the International Journal of Power Electronics. http://www.physorg.com/news150545203.html Technology Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:06:43 EST news150545203