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Data Center Design:
Construction,
Container,
Data Center Outages,
Monitoring,
Power and Cooling
Policy: Cap and Trade, Carbon Footprint, Carbon Reduction Commitment, Carbon Tax, Emissions
Power: Biomass, Fossil Fuel, Fuel Cell, Geothermal, Hydro, Nuclear, Solar, Wind
Application: Cloud Computing, Grid Computing
Technology: Microblogging, Networking, Servers, Storage, Supercomputer
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“ The monetary penalties of missing the deadline could be financially crippling for a number of CRC eligible businesses, and to add to this, the reputational damage from a company being listed as non-compliant could be irreversible. ”
By Chris Smith
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Up To 5,000 Firms Could Face CRC Fines Next Week
da.feedsportal.com (Sep 22 2010) Carbon Reduction Commitment
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Around 5,000 businesses and public sector organisations have yet to register for the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) Energy Efficiency Scheme, according to on365, an infrastructure and utility specialist. With the deadline looming at the end of next week, fines of up to £45,000 on each organisation could be levied.
A further hazard is that the Environment Agency’s application process and checks take up to four weeks. That means that companies applying today could still miss the cut-off date. Companies failing to submit in time face an immediate £5,000 fee and an additional charge of £500 per day, capped at £45,000.
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