Encyclopedia - Energis: Encyclopedia Ii - Energis - History Of Energis
Energis was formed in 1992 as Telecom Electric, out of the UK's National Grid. Its national Optical fiber network is partially deployed v...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Energy: Encyclopedia Ii - Energy - History
In the past, energy was discussed in terms of easily observable effects it has on the properties of objects or changes in state of variou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Energy: Encyclopedia Ii - Energy - History
In the past, energy was discussed in terms of easily observable effects it has on the properties of objects or changes in state of variou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Energy: Encyclopedia - Energy
Energy is a measure of being able to do mechanical work.[1] This is a fundamental concept pertaining to the ability for action. In physic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Energy Storage: Encyclopedia Ii - Energy Storage - History
Energy storage as a natural process is billions of years old - the energy produced in the initial creation of the Universe has been store...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Energy Drink: Encyclopedia Ii - Energy Drink - History
Jolt Cola was one of the first energy drinks available in North America, being originally released in the 1980s. It was essentially just ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dark Energy: Encyclopedia Ii - Dark Energy - History
The cosmological constant was first proposed by Einstein as a mechanism to obtain a stable solution of the gravitational field equation t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zero-point Energy: Encyclopedia Ii - Zero-point Energy - History
The concept of zero-point energy originated with Max Planck in 1911. The average energy of a harmonic oscillator in thermal equilibrium w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Energis: Encyclopedia - Energis
Energis Communications Limited, briefly Telecom Electric, or more usually just Energis is a 'technology driven communications company' no...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vacuum Energy: Encyclopedia - Vacuum Energy
Vacuum energy is an underlying background energy that exists in space even when devoid of matter. The vacuum energy is too tiny to have a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dark Energy: Encyclopedia - Dark Energy
edit In cosmology, dark energy is a hypothetical form of energy which permeates all of space and has strong negative pressure. According ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zero-point Energy: Encyclopedia - Zero-point Energy
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Encyclopedia - Directed-energy Weapon: Encyclopedia Ii - Directed-energy Weapon - History
Directed-energy weapon - Mythology. Before modern technology developed, many mythologies described gods or demons using weapons that ma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wireless Energy Transfer: Encyclopedia - Wireless Energy Transfer
Wireless energy transfer is the transfer of electromagnetic energy for power to do work via conduction and/or induction without a physica...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Neurofeedback: Encyclopedia - Neurofeedback
Neurofeedback (NFB), also called neurotherapy, neurobiofeedback or EEG biofeedback, enables an individual to train brainwave activity, as...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bohr Model: Encyclopedia - Bohr Model
In atomic physics, the Bohr model depicts the atom as a small, positively charged nucleus surrounded by electrons in orbit - similar in s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Directed-energy Weapon: Encyclopedia Ii - Directed-energy Weapon - History
Directed-energy weapon - Mythology. Before modern technology developed, many mythologies described gods or demons using weapons that ma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Panda Energy International: Encyclopedia Ii - Panda Energy International - History
Panda Energy was founded by current chairman Robert W. Carter in 1982. The creation of the company was a direct result of the passage of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zero-point Energy: Encyclopedia Ii - Zero-point Energy - History
The concept of zero-point energy originated with Max Planck in 1911. The average energy of a harmonic oscillator in this hypothesis is (w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wireless Energy Transfer: Encyclopedia Ii - Wireless Energy Transfer - History
A precursor of this technology can be found in the works of Heinrich Rudolf Hertz in the late nineteenth century. In 1888, Hertz experime...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Atomic Energy Of Canada Limited: Encyclopedia Ii - Atomic Energy Of Canada Limited - History
Atomic Energy of Canada Limited - 1940s. AECL traces its heritage to the Second World War when a joint Canadian-British nuclear researc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Future Energy Development: Encyclopedia Ii - Future Energy Development - History Of Predictions About Future Energy Development
Ever since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, the question of the future of energy supplies has occupied economists. 1865 - Wil...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion: Encyclopedia Ii - Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion - History Of Otec
Even though it sounds technologically sophisticated, OTEC technology is not new. It has progressed in fits and starts since the late 1800...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Atomic Energy Research Establishment: Encyclopedia Ii - Atomic Energy Research Establishment - Organisational History
In 1954 AERE was incoporated into the newly formed United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA). Harwell and other laboratories were to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - International Atomic Energy Agency: Encyclopedia Ii - International Atomic Energy Agency - History
The IAEA serves as an intergovernmental forum for scientific and technical co-operation in the peaceful use of nuclear technology. The IA...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - United States Department Of Energy National Laboratories: Encyclopedia Ii - United States Department Of Energy National Laboratories - History
The system of centralized national laboratories grew out of the massive scientific endeavors of World War II, in which new technologies s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zero-point Energy: Encyclopedia Ii - Zero-point Energy - Gravitation And Cosmology
In cosmology, the zero-point energy offers an intriguing possibility for explaining the cosmological constant. In brief, if the energy is...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zero-point Energy: Encyclopedia Ii - Zero-point Energy - Introduction
In classical physics, the energy of a system is relative, and is defined only in relation to some given state. Typically, one might assoc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zero-point Energy: Encyclopedia Ii - Zero-point Energy - Varieties Of Zero-point Energy
The idea of zero-point energy occurs in a number of situations, and it is important to distinguish these, and note that there are many cl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Energy-quest: Encyclopedia Ii - Energy-quest - The Aurora Expedition
The Aurora Expedition will involve an around-the-world voyage in a powerboat which, at 20 ft, will be the smallest vessel of its kind to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Energy Storage: Encyclopedia Ii - Energy Storage - Reasons
Energy storage - Load Levelling. Main article: Grid energy storage The demand for electricity from consumers and industry is constantly...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dark Energy: Encyclopedia Ii - Dark Energy - Evidence For Dark Energy
During the late 1990s, observations of type Ia supernovae suggested that the expansion of the universe is accelerating. These observation...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zero-point Energy: Encyclopedia Ii - Zero-point Energy - Experimental Evidence
The simplest experimental evidence for the existence of zero-point energy in quantum field theory is the Casimir effect. This effect was ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Directed-energy Weapon: Encyclopedia Ii - Directed-energy Weapon - Lasers
Lasers are very well known in science fiction as a type of raygun. In the real world, lasers are often used for sighting, ranging and tar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dark Energy: Encyclopedia Ii - Dark Energy - Implications For The Fate Of The Universe
Cosmologists estimate that the acceleration began roughly 5 billion years ago. Before that, it is thought that the expansion was decelera...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zero-point Energy: Encyclopedia Ii - Zero-point Energy - Free Energy Devices
The Casimir effect has established zero point energy as an uncontroversial and scientifically accepted phenomenon. However, the term zero...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Directed-energy Weapon: Encyclopedia Ii - Directed-energy Weapon - Particle Beam Weapons
Particle beam weapons include charged and neutral, endoatmospheric and exoatmospheric. Particle beams as beam weapons are theoretically p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Directed-energy Weapon: Encyclopedia Ii - Directed-energy Weapon - Plasma Weapons
Plasma weapons fire a beam or bolt of plasma, which is excited matter consisting of electrons and also protons or nuclei. Examples are: ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zero-point Energy: Encyclopedia Ii - Zero-point Energy - Cultural References
The claims made on behalf of free energy devices have earned them a spot in cultural folklore. In fiction, zero-point energy is often use...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vacuum Energy: Encyclopedia Ii - Vacuum Energy - Vacuum Energy In Theories Of Elementary Particles
Quantum field theory, which describes the interactions between elementary particles in terms of fields, allows a contribution to the vacu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dark Energy: Encyclopedia Ii - Dark Energy - Evidence For Dark Energy
During the late 1990s, observations of type Ia supernovae ("one a") suggested that the expansion of the universe is accelerating. These o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zero-point Energy: Encyclopedia Ii - Zero-point Energy - A Few Formulae
For example, a particle of mass m in a box is described by a potential energy V(x) of the form V(x) = 0 for V(x) infinite for . The wa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dark Energy: Encyclopedia Ii - Dark Energy - Nature Of Dark Energy
The exact nature of this dark energy is a matter of speculation. It is known to be very homogeneous, not very dense and doesn't interact ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vacuum Energy: Encyclopedia Ii - Vacuum Energy - Implications
Vacuum energy has a number of consequences. For one, vacuum fluctuations are always created as particle/antiparticle pairs. The creation ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Panda Energy International: Encyclopedia Ii - Panda Energy International - Activities
Through a combination of financing, construction and operational activities, Panda Energy is involved in the generation of over 9,000 meg...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zero-point Energy: Encyclopedia Ii - Zero-point Energy - Existence
Does electromagnetic zero-point energy exist, and if so, are there any practical applications and does it have any connection with dark e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zero-point Energy: Encyclopedia Ii - Zero-point Energy - Problems And Answers
Zero-point energy shares a problem with the Dirac sea: both are potentially infinite. In the case of zero-point energy, there are reasons...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zero-point Energy: Encyclopedia Ii - Zero-point Energy - Cultural References
In fiction, zero-point energy is often used as technobabble, usually to explain powerful sources of energy or devices that can lift heavy...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zero-point Energy: Encyclopedia Ii - Zero-point Energy - Introduction
Zero-point energy - What is it?. Zero Point Energy is a term used in physics to define the minimum energy that a given system, such as ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zero-point Energy: Encyclopedia Ii - Zero-point Energy - Properties
Lastly, insights may be offered on certain quantum properties (Compton wavelength, de Broglie wavelength, spin) and on mass-energy equiva...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Future Energy Development: Encyclopedia Ii - Future Energy Development - General Considerations
All the energy we consume is generated by using the four fundamental interactions of nature: gravity, electromagnetism, the weak nuclear ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Future Energy Development: Encyclopedia Ii - Future Energy Development - Renewable Energy
Main article: Renewable energy Another possible solution to an energy shortage or predicted future shortage would be to use some of the w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Future Energy Development: Encyclopedia Ii - Future Energy Development - Increased Efficiency In Current Energy Use
New technology may make better use of already available energy through improved efficiency, such as more efficient fluorescent lamps, eng...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Future Energy Development: Encyclopedia Ii - Future Energy Development - Energy Storage And Transportation Fuel
There is a widely held misconception that hydrogen is an alternative energy source. There are no uncombined hydrogen reserves on Earth th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Future Energy Development: Encyclopedia Ii - Future Energy Development - Fossil Fuels
Fossil fuels supply most of the energy consumed today. They are relatively concentrated and pure energy sources and technically easy to e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Embodied Energy: Encyclopedia Ii - Embodied Energy - Classification Of Embodied Energy Methodologies
There appear to be three main differences in contemporary embodied energy methodologies. Following Tennenbaum (1988) these may be identif...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Future Energy Development: Encyclopedia Ii - Future Energy Development - Nuclear Power
Main article: Nuclear power There are presently over 400 nuclear reactors in the world, including several advanced designs (such as the A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion: Encyclopedia Ii - Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion - How Otec Works
Some energy experts believe that if it could become cost-competitive with conventional power technologies, OTEC could produce billions of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion: Encyclopedia Ii - Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion - Analysis Of Otec Systems
OTEC systems can be classified as two types based on the thermodynamic cycle (1) Closed cycle and (2) Open cycle. Ocean thermal energy c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Atomic Energy Research Establishment: Encyclopedia Ii - Atomic Energy Research Establishment - Early Reactors
Such was the interest in nuclear power and the priority devoted to it in those days that the first reactor, GLEEP, was operating by 15 Au...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - International Atomic Energy Agency: Encyclopedia Ii - International Atomic Energy Agency - Institutions
The IAEA is headquartered in Vienna, Austria (at the Vienna International Centre). The IAEA has 138 member states, whose representatives ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - International Atomic Energy Agency: Encyclopedia Ii - International Atomic Energy Agency - Iaea And Iran
In February of 2003 Mohammed ElBaradei traveled to Iran with a team of inspectors to begin probing Tehran's nuclear plans. By November Mr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bohr Model: Encyclopedia Ii - Bohr Model - Rydberg Formula
The Rydberg formula describes the transitions or quantum jumps between one energy level and another. When the electron moves from one ene...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Joule: Encyclopedia Ii - Joule - Definition
The joule is a derived unit defined as the work done, or energy required, to exert a force of one newton for a distance of one metre, so ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Joule: Encyclopedia Ii - Joule - Definition
The joule is a derived unit defined as the work done, or energy required, to exert a force of one newton for a distance of one metre, so ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Green Party Of Alaska: Encyclopedia Ii - Green Party Of Alaska - Issues
Green Party of Alaska - Energy Policy. The Green Party of Alaska is the only political party in the state which is opposed to industria...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Exergy: Encyclopedia Ii - Exergy - Quality Of Energy Types
(exergy-to-energy ratio will be in this article. exergy-to-exergy will be moved to Exergy efficiency. Some will be removed.) The ratio of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bohr Model: Encyclopedia Ii - Bohr Model - Electron Energy Levels In Hydrogen
The Bohr model is accurate only for one-electron systems such as the hydrogen atom or singly-ionized helium. This section uses the Bohr m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tsiolkovsky Rocket Equation: Encyclopedia Ii - Tsiolkovsky Rocket Equation - Energy
In the ideal case m1 is useful payload and m0 − m1 is reaction mass (this corresponds to empty tanks having no mass, etc.). The energy ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Iter: Encyclopedia Ii - Iter - How The Reactor Works
When deuterium and tritium fuse, two nuclei come together to form a helium nucleus, and a high energy neutron. There are two technologica...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Woking: Encyclopedia Ii - Woking - Energy Policy
Woking is unique in adopting a policy of operating completely off the public energy grid via a combination of hydrogen fuel cells and sol...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Toaster: Encyclopedia Ii - Toaster - Energy Consumption
A typical modern 2-slice toaster operates on anywhere between 600 and 1200 W and makes toast in 1 to 3 minutes. A 1000-watt toaster runni...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Toaster: Encyclopedia Ii - Toaster - Toasters In Fiction
In the 1988 computer game Wasteland one of the skills you learn is 'toaster repair.' During your adventure, you find several 'broken toas...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bohr Model: Encyclopedia Ii - Bohr Model - History
In the early part of the 20th century, experiments by Ernest Rutherford and others had established that atoms consisted of a diffuse clou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Petroleum Industry: Encyclopedia Ii - Petroleum Industry - History
Oil in general has been used since early human history to keep fires ablaze, and also for warfare. Its importance in the world economy ev...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bohr Model: Encyclopedia Ii - Bohr Model - Refinements
Several enhancements to the Bohr model were proposed; most notably the Sommerfeld model or Bohr-Sommerfeld model, which attempted to add ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Iter: Encyclopedia Ii - Iter - Criticism
The project experienced large opposition from environmental groups such as Greenpeace. "Pursuing nuclear fusion and the ITER project is m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Woking: Encyclopedia Ii - Woking - Education
Woking College is located in Old Woking and is the main college in the area, providing post-16 education. Secondary schools include St. J...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Neurofeedback: Encyclopedia Ii - Neurofeedback - History And Application
In 1924, the German psychiatrist Hans Berger connected a couple of electrodes (small round discs of metal) to a patient's scalp and detec...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Toaster: Encyclopedia Ii - Toaster - History Of Toasters
GE released an electric toaster in 1909, patented under the name D-12[1]. It is widely thought to be the first electric toaster on the ma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Price-anderson Nuclear Industries Indemnity Act: Encyclopedia Ii - Price-anderson Nuclear Industries Indemnity Act - History Of The Act
The Act is named for Congressman Charles Melvin Price (D-Ill.) and Senator Clinton Presba Anderson (D-N.M.), both of whom eventually chai...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bohr Model: Encyclopedia Ii - Bohr Model - Shortcomings
The Bohr model gives an incorrect value for the ground state orbital angular momentum. The angular momentum in the true ground state is ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Inertial Confinement Fusion: Encyclopedia Ii - Inertial Confinement Fusion - Basic Fusion
Fusion reactions combine lightweight atoms, such as hydrogen, together to form larger ones. Generally the reactions take place at such hi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ecological Economics: Encyclopedia Ii - Ecological Economics - Concept
The objective of ecological economics is planning for sustainable development of ecosystems and societies. It distinguishes itself from n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Green Party Of Alaska: Encyclopedia Ii - Green Party Of Alaska - History
Green Party of Alaska - Elections:. (statewide candidates) 2004 - Sykes (United States Senate candidate) Received .99% of the votes ca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Electricity: Encyclopedia Ii - Electricity - Electric Power
Electric power is the rate at which electrical energy is produced or consumed, and is measured in watts (symbol: W). A fossil-fuel or nuc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Technocratic Movement: Encyclopedia Ii - Technocratic Movement - History
Howard Scott started the Technocratic movement as the Technical Alliance in the winter of 1918-1919. The Technical Alliance, composed of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Woking: Encyclopedia Ii - Woking - History
Woking's history starts in 673AD or CE. Woking begins around about this time as a settlement of a Wessex tribe followers of Wocca. The na...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Recycling: Encyclopedia Ii - Recycling - History
Recycling is generally at its peak during wartimes or energy shortages. Massive government promotion campaigns were carried out in World ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Solar Cell: Encyclopedia Ii - Solar Cell - Current Research
There are currently many research groups active in the field of photovoltaics at universities and research institutions around the world....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Joule: Encyclopedia Ii - Joule - Conversions
1 joule is exactly 107 erg. 1 joule is approximately equal to: 6.241506363×1018 eV (electron-volts) 0.239 cal (calorie) (small calories...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Woking: Encyclopedia Ii - Woking - Facilities
Woking has a modern shopping centre called The Peacocks and an older shopping area, Wolsey Place. [2] The main area for evening entertain...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Energy: Encyclopedia Ii - Energy - Units
Energy - SI. The SI unit for both energy and work is the joule (J), named in honour of James Prescott Joule and his experiments on the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Energy: Encyclopedia Ii - Energy - Units
Energy - SI. The SI unit for both energy and work is the joule (J), named in honour of James Prescott Joule and his experiments on the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Energy: Encyclopedia Ii - Energy - Energy And Economy
Main articles: energy development, energy policy The way in which humans use energy is one of the defining characteristics of an economy....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Energy: Encyclopedia Ii - Energy - Types Of Energy
All forms of energy: thermal, chemical, electrical, radiant, nuclear etc. can be in fact reduced to kinetic energy or potential energy. F...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Energy: Encyclopedia Ii - Energy - Types Of Energy
All forms of energy: thermal, chemical, electrical, [[radiant energy|radiant], nuclear etc. can be in fact reduced to kinetic energy or p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Energy: Encyclopedia Ii - Energy - Transfer Of Energy
Energy - Work. Main article: mechanical work. Work is a defined as a path integral of force F over distance s: The equation above sa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Energy: Encyclopedia Ii - Energy - Energy And Economy
Main articles: Energy development and Energy policy The way in which humans use energy is one of the defining characteristics of an econo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Energy: Encyclopedia Ii - Energy - Transfer Of Energy
Energy - Work. Main article: Mechanical work Work is a defined as a path integral of force F over distance s: The equation above s...   » Read the article