Refrigerators use a quarter of the power they used a generation ago, according to EPRI.
In addition, EPRI is pursuing advanced robotics for a variety of routine but high-risk tasks currently performed by line workers.
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They came from all parts of the world, attracted by good salaries, career freedom and the spectacular EPRI campus located in the Palo Alto, Calif.
They came from all parts of the world, attracted by good salaries, career freedom and the spectacular EPRI campus, situated in the foothills of Palo Alto, Calif.
In 2009, EPRI launched a demonstration project seeking to accelerate the development of a new generation of LED outdoor light bulbs that provide more light with less electricity.
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Try as it may, EPRI cannot meaningful answer this question.
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The benchmark study, by the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), found that plug-in hybrids are cleaner than regular cars in each of nine scenarios.
Baskar Vairmohan, the EPRI researcher who conducted the iPad test, said the group is now studying usage to understand whether the explosion of tablets is adding to power consumption or reducing it.
Patents have been filed, the senior team assembled, and letters of intent collected from Aera Energy (heavy oil), PERC Water (municipal wastewater), Filterboxx (oil sands in Calgary), and EPRI.
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At an EPRI lab in Lenox, Mass.
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In a survey that should come as a surprise to no one, 95 percent of people polled in Southern California say they would prefer to charge their electric vehicle at home, according to the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI).
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