Gadget boom to drive up energy demand: report
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Flat-screen televisions, computers and  other hi-tech gadgets will use nearly half of a typical British  household's total electricity by 2020, an energy conservation  body said in a report on Wednesday.
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German researchers claim they have figured out a way to use body heat to generate power that could eventually run mobile devices.
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TechWeb - Google says it's increased the efficiency of power supplies from 60-70% to 90%, and the same efficiency is within reach for consumer PCs.
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The PC industry is about to get the first update to the Energy Star specifications in more than a decade as home gadgets continue to suck down the juice.Photos: PC stands for power consumption
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Revenues from routers, the devices that direct Internet traffic, will likely rise in the mid- to high-single-digit percentage range over the next five years, fueled by demand from traditional phone companies and other service providers, a report released on Wednesday said.
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Consumers are being urged to implement more energy saving moves in the fight against global warming.
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Higher-capacity MP3 players and notebooks could be coming next year.
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Business & money: Belief that worldwide expansion will provide cheap, clean electricity is a myth, a report claims.
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Global consumer electronics sales are  expected to climb by 11 percent in 2005, marking the second  year in a row of double-digit growth, powered by demand for  big-screen TVs, pocket-sized music players and tiny memory  cards, an industry trade group said on Tuesday.
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Hi-tech gadgets and mass consumerism are exacting a high carbon cost at Christmas, research suggests.
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Renewable energy has moved out of the fringe and into the mainstream, with investors worldwide pouring $71 billion of new capital into the sector in 2006, up 43 percent from the previous year, and more is expected, a U.N. report said Wednesday.
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With oil prices rising people are turning to wood heat, raising concerns about the environmental impact of some older devices that are being used.
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Arts & entertainment: Organisers plan to make greater use of renewable energy
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Putting the greens back in the green Rising electricity prices could be good news for the UK's fledgling solar power industry, according to a report from ENF, a solar power broker and market research group.â¦
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The growing popularity of hi-tech devices threaten to undermine efforts to save energy, a report says.
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Department of Energy study finds consumers are willing to have their appliances remotely controlled by utilities to save them money and offset more grid build-out.
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A new report says that pressures on fuel supplies are growing, in part, because booming Asian economies are using more fuel to power their manufacturing industries.