Local Power: Tapping Distributed Energy in 21st-Century Cities

Residents of Hammarby Sjöstad, a district on the south side of Stockholm, Sweden, don't let their waste go to waste. Every building in the district boasts an array of pneumatic tubes, like larger versions of the ones that whooshed checks from cars to Full Story »

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Chris Finnie
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by Chris Finnie - Jun. 19, 2010

One other big factor in favor of local power is the amount that is lost in transport. The further it goes, the more it loses. So international power grids such as the ones we rely on in the U.S. are about as inefficient as they get. Still, it's a very interesting piece.

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