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Hot Stops: How Houston Bus Stops Get Dangerously Hot, a new podcast from Houston Public Media. Listen Here.

Tag: electricity

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2939: Alternative Power Transmission

Dr. Andy Boyd

Posted on September 21, 2023 · Episode: 2939 Getting Power Inside: Alternative Power Transmission Systems. Today, why electricity?

Tags air powered clocks electricity hydraulic power Paris clocks pneumatic power power power transmission

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2757: George Forbes

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on August 13, 2023 · Episode: 2757 George Forbes, forgotten builder of our electrically lit and driven world. Today, a forgotten electrical pioneer.

Tags ac alternating current Anderson College British Electric Light Company dc direct current electric power electricity fame George Forbes Joseph Swan light bulb Niagara Falls hydroelectric power Pitlochry Scotland Thomas Edison transit of Venus University of Strathclyde

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2757: George Forbes

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on August 13, 2023 · Episode: 2757 George Forbes, forgotten builder of our electrically lit and driven world. Today, a forgotten electrical pioneer.

Tags ac alternating current Anderson College British Electric Light Company dc direct current electric power electricity fame George Forbes Joseph Swan light bulb Niagara Falls hydroelectric power Pitlochry Scotland Thomas Edison transit of Venus University of Strathclyde

Energy & Environment

Electricity prices in Texas sometimes get really high in the summer. Don’t fear your next bill.

Matt Largey, KUT

Posted on August 8, 2023 · The electricity market in Texas is doing exactly what it's designed to do — and most customers probably won't notice any effect on their bill.

Tags austin energy electricity electricity in Texas power bills in Texas

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2635: Kate in Code

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on June 5, 2023 · Episode: 2635 How we thought in 1875: A magazine article titled in Morse Code. Today, code for Kate.

Tags 19th-century attitudes Century Magazine Charles Barnard electricity railroad locomotives telegraphy telephones

Image of nuclear power plant from a distance

Houston Matters

Should Texas consider expanding nuclear energy?

Joshua Zinn / Craig Cohen

Posted on May 19, 2023 · A University of Houston professor makes his case for why it's a question worth asking.

Tags Dr. Stanko Brankovic electricity nuclear energy power grid university of houston

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2428: Electric Hope in 1889

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on December 5, 2022 · Episode: 2428 Electric hope in 1889: drunk on the new elixir of electricity. Today, we “discover” electricity.

Tags cocaine electric chair electric motors electricity elevators Garfield Edison lighting Lights Navy prediction telegraph telephones torpedoes trolleys war WW-I

Energy & Environment

Texas power grid operator issues conservation alert Wednesday as heatwave continues

ShaVonne Herndon / Mark Norris

Posted on July 13, 2022 · It's the second time in three days Texans are being asked to conserve power by ERCOT.

Tags electricity ercot heatwave hot weather power grid

Energy & Environment

Texans face skyrocketing home energy bills as the state exports more natural gas than ever

Mitchell Ferman, Texas Tribune

Posted on July 5, 2022 · The cost of electricity in Texas is tightly tied to the price of natural gas, which has more than doubled since Russia invaded Ukraine in late February.

Tags electricity electricity bills ercot natural gas Texas electric grid utilities

Energy & Environment

Texas breaks power demand record during June heat wave

Matthew Watkins, Texas Tribune

Posted on June 13, 2022 · The state’s grid operator was able to maintain supply without needing to call for any conservation.

Tags electricity ercot heat power grid texas

Houston Matters

Electricity prices spiking, and new plans for the T-MEC Corridor (May 12, 2022)

Michael Hagerty

Posted on May 12, 2022 · On Thursday's show: What energy consumers should know after recent price spikes, a hiccup in Texas-Mexico relations, a fiction novel set in the Sikh Empire, and Latino Jews in Houston.

Tags Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Eco Watch electricity energy Jewish community mexico T-MEC Corridor university of houston

Energy & Environment

ERCOT urges power plants to stay online with high demand for electricity expected this weekend

Joseph Leahy, The Texas Newsroom

Posted on May 5, 2022 · Texas’ electric grid operator is requesting power plants postpone scheduled maintenance to ensure they’re online to meet surging demand during an exceptionally warm weekend.

Tags electricity ercot high demand power grid warm weather

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2217: Magic Stairways

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on April 29, 2022 · Episode: 2217 Escalator: the Not-All-Purpose Magical Stairway. Today, magic stairways.

Tags 1900 Paris exhibition electric motors electricity Jesse Reno Mitsubishi moving sidewalks Otis Elevator Company skyscrapers spiral escalators steam engine

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2208: Beccaria and Franklin

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on April 8, 2022 · Episode: 2208 Franklin, Beccaria, and Volta: Setting the stage for the electric 19th century. Today, we invent electricity.

Tags Alessandro Volta Benjamin Franklin electricity faraday Frankenstein Giovanni Beccaria glass armonica music

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 3204: Mobility Matters

Dr. Christine Ehlig-Economides

Posted on March 2, 2022 · Episode: 3204 Transforming Transportation from Engines to Motors. Today, our thoughts are about motors instead of engines.

Tags electricity engines motors Renewable Energy

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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2757: George Forbes

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on August 13, 2023 · Episode: 2757 George Forbes, forgotten builder of our electrically lit and driven world. Today, a forgotten electrical pioneer.

Tags ac alternating current Anderson College British Electric Light Company dc direct current electric power electricity fame George Forbes Joseph Swan light bulb Niagara Falls hydroelectric power Pitlochry Scotland Thomas Edison transit of Venus University of Strathclyde

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2757: George Forbes

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on August 13, 2023 · Episode: 2757 George Forbes, forgotten builder of our electrically lit and driven world. Today, a forgotten electrical pioneer.

Tags ac alternating current Anderson College British Electric Light Company dc direct current electric power electricity fame George Forbes Joseph Swan light bulb Niagara Falls hydroelectric power Pitlochry Scotland Thomas Edison transit of Venus University of Strathclyde

Energy & Environment

Electricity prices in Texas sometimes get really high in the summer. Don’t fear your next bill.

Matt Largey, KUT

Posted on August 8, 2023 · The electricity market in Texas is doing exactly what it's designed to do — and most customers probably won't notice any effect on their bill.

Tags austin energy electricity electricity in Texas power bills in Texas

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2635: Kate in Code

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on June 5, 2023 · Episode: 2635 How we thought in 1875: A magazine article titled in Morse Code. Today, code for Kate.

Tags 19th-century attitudes Century Magazine Charles Barnard electricity railroad locomotives telegraphy telephones

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