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Tuning the energy innovation engine at MIT
Explore Article Technology News (Mar 8 2010) Emissions , Fossil Fuel , Nuclear , Solar , Wind
"China speed," climate change, financing gaps, government policy, nuclear and natural gas, and, of course, science experiments. The MIT Energy Conference on Saturday had a little bit of everything, as entrepreneurs, business people, and academics tried to get their arms around big-picture energy challenges. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has become a hotbed for clean-energy innovation over the past four years, attracting students and faculty to the energy field, some of whom have spun out promising companies. At a showcase, local companies and researchers working in wind, solar, biofuels, storage, and efficiency displayed some of their ongoing work. But at ...
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Trapping Sunlight with Silicon Nanowires
Explore Article Berkeley Lab News Center (Mar 3 2010) Solar
Solar cells made from silicon are projected to be a prominent factor in future renewable green energy equations, but so far the promise has far exceeded the reality. While there are now silicon photovoltaics that can convert sunlight into electricity at impressive 20 percent efficiencies, the cost of this solar power is prohibitive for large-scale use. Researchers with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), however, are developing a new approach that could substantially reduce these costs. The key to their success is a better way of trapping sunlight.
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Green tech seeks its 'Netscape moment'
Explore Article Technology News (Mar 3 2010) Emissions , Fossil Fuel , Solar , Wind
If you're wondering what the next big thing in green tech will be, this is a good place to look. The ARPA-E Summit, a conference designed to showcase potential breakthrough clean-energy technologies, started on Monday, attracting some 1,700 investors, entrepreneurs, and policymakers all vying to reinvent the energy infrastructure to be cleaner and more efficient. Given the makeup of the group, the mood is optimistic that new technologies can shake up even the slow-moving energy business. At the conference, scientists and entrepreneurs showed off early-stage ideas, such as kinetic energy storage systems or methods for low-cost solar power.
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Emerson Data Center Earns LEED Gold Rating
Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (Feb 25 2010) Construction , Solar , Servers
Emerson’s new data center in St. Louis has earned Gold certification under the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) program for energy-efficient buildings, the company said today. The 35,000-square-foot facility sports the state of Missouri’s largest solar power installation – a 7,800-square-foot rooftop array of more than 550 solar panels that can supply up to 100 kilowatts of power. Emerson earned 40 out of a possible 51 points to receive LEED Gold certification.the U.S. Green Building Council. The company invested $50 million in the facility, which also features a high-voltage power distribution system using 240 volt power instead of ...
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Going green? Check out available tax credits
Explore Article IDG News Service (Feb 22 2010) Solar
As if significant savings on electricity bills weren't enough, IT managers have another reason to embrace environmentally friendly IT practices: a bevy of federal, state and local tax incentives that could tip the scales to make green IT projects financially attractive. As if significant savings on electricity bills weren't enough, IT managers have another reason to embrace environmentally friendly IT practices: a bevy of federal, state and local tax incentives that could tip the scales to make green IT projects financially attractive.
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Top 10 Green Web Hosting Sites!
Explore Article earthtimes.org (Feb 18 2010) Solar , Wind , Servers
What with all the electricity used to run computers and servers, and just the basic offices. Web hosting outfits use an enormous amount of energy; with the Internet doubling every 4-5 years, it currently takes between 3-5 % of the world’s electricity to support the ‘net. The more of that power that’s conserved and green - renewables, small hydro, biofuels, etc., the better we all are. “Green” web hosting sites are popping up like mushrooms on a spring lawn, using green power, carbon offsets, efficiency and other strategies to reduce or eliminate their footprint on the planet.
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California Plans Fast Data Center Consolidation
Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (Feb 11 2010) Construction , Solar
When it comes to inefficient legacy data center space, the Governator has a clear message: “Hasta la Vista, baby!” Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed an executive order Tuesday stipulating that California reduce the total amount of data center square footage currently utilized by state agencies by 25 percent by July, and by 50 percent by July 2011. The executive order sets in motion a massive, fast-moving data center consolidation of the 400 data centers and server rooms operated by California state agencies, which span 400,000 square feet of space and house more than 9,500 servers. That means eliminating 100,000 square feet ...
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Facebook’s Green Data Center, Powered by Coal?
Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (Feb 2 2010) Fossil Fuel , Solar
Here’s an interesting wrinkle on the unveiling of the new Facebook data center in Prineville, Oregon. In announcing the facility, Facebook emphasized its energy efficiency and use of renewable power resources. Cheap, green hydro power was a major attraction when Google built a data center in Oregon, so it was assumed that the Facebook data center would be supported primarily by hydro power from the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA). Not so, according to Matt Stansberry from SearchDataCenter. Matt, an Oregon resident, took a closer look at the utility power that will support Facebook.
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The World's Biggest Green Energy Projects
Explore Article Forbes.com (Jan 29 2010) Geothermal , Nuclear , Solar , Wind
The U.S. government, desperate to add jobs to a feeble economy, is looking skyward for help: to the wind and the sun. "We should put more Americans to work building clean energy facilities," Obama said to applause during his State of the Union address Wednesday. Solar and wind power projects tend to appeal to politicians on both sides of the aisle. They are clean and domestic sources of power, and thanks to this government largesse, they are growing fast.
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Is clean tech China's moon shot?
Explore Article Technology News (Jan 28 2010) Construction , Carbon Footprint , Emissions , Fossil Fuel , Solar , Wind
The global race to develop clean technology is not just about who can build the best solar parks or wind farms. It is also shaping up as a contest between Chinese-style capitalism and the more market-oriented approach fancied by the United States and Europe. The question comes down to this: will China's highly capitalized command-and-control economy trump laissez-faire in a low-carbon shift that is widely portrayed as the next industrial revolution? The failure in Copenhagen to agree to replace the Kyoto Protocol with a new global climate treaty when it expires in 2012 has thrown the focus on national measures. ...
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HP, Eaton Team on Pod-Style Enclosures
Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (Jan 26 2010) Construction , Solar
A grant for $7.4 million from the Department of Energy will accelerate the development of new enclosures that can improve the energy efficiency of existing data centers, according to HP and Eaton Corp., which are teaming on the project. The enclosures offer data center operators the ability to apply the design benefits of modular pod architectures to a small space within an existing facility. The HP/Eaton enclosure will be offered in 50 kilowatt and 100 kilowatt sizes, optimized for four to eight racks of equipment. The unit will require hookups for power and chilled water, much like a data center ...
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DOE to IT industry: We'll help you get more energy-efficient, if it costs us
Explore Article ZDNet Technology News (Jan 20 2010) Solar , Wind , Servers
Together, enterprise computing giant Hewlett-Packard and power efficiency specialist Eaton have snagged a $7.4 million grant from the Department of Energy to help fund research focused on improving energy efficiency in IT products. The pair’s joint proposal actually received the third-largest grant out of the $47 million in total being focused on companies in the IT and communications sectors. The projects are focused on three areas: Equipment and Software - Changing core components of a data or telecommunications center in order to optimize energy use Power Supply Chain - Developing technologies to minimize energy waste as power moves from one ...
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Will Google Solar Power Its Data Centers?
Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (Jan 7 2010) Construction , Geothermal , Solar
Google (GOOG) has formed a new subsidiary to buy and sell power on the wholesale market, and hopes the move will help provide more renewable energy to meet its corporate carbon reduction goals. The company formed Google Energy last month and has asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to allow it to participate in the energy markets. “Right now, we can’t buy affordable, utility-scale, renewable energy in our markets,” Google representative Niki Fenwick told CNet. “We want to buy the highest quality, most affordable renewable energy wherever we can and use the green credits.” Target: Data Centers? Google isn’t ...
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Should Your Data Center Install Solar Arrays?
Explore Article EnterpriseITplanet.com / Green (Jan 5 2010) Emissions , Solar , Cloud Computing , Servers
Whether you're planning on building a new data center or renovating an existing one, there's no doubt that going with Green IT technology makes sense from both cost and environmental impact perspectives. There are many ways to make a data center ...Comment on Article Mentions: Google
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Solar panels to power green data centre
Explore Article computerworlduk.com (Dec 17 2009) Solar
A large data centre co-location provider in the US is starting an ambitious project to cover its roof in solar panels, a multi-million dollar undertaking that will provide up to 4.5 megawatts of power to customers. CEO George Slessman of i/o Data Centers, founded in 2006, says covering the 11-acre data centre with thousands of solar panels will cost between $8 million and $10 million (£6m), with the project being completed over the next year. Based on today's energy prices, the project costs more than simply purchasing energy from utilities, but Slessman believes it will pay off financially in the ...
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