Category: Fossil Fuel

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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, Geothermal, Hydro, Nuclear, Solar, Wind
Application: Cloud Computing, Grid Computing
Technology: Microblogging, Networking, Servers, Storage, Supercomputer

  1. Capgemini Swindon Data Center Aims To Be Greenest In The World

    Explore Article big4.com (Sep 1 2010) Carbon Footprint , Fossil Fuel

    Capgemini Swindon Data Center Aims To Be Greenest In The World Douglas Farquahar, Head of Sustainable Outsourcing at Capgemini U.K has jumped squarely on the green data center bandwagon, and with good cause. A big portion of the company s revenues are generated through IT and when you consider the statistic that the green IT service sector is set to grow at a rate of 60% until 2013, it’s easy to see why companies like Capgemini need to make clear which side of the fence they’re on. Things are not always what they seem and that applies to information technology. It seems data centers are huge part of the IT wave ...

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Europe   Greenpeace

  2. Virtualization Enables Non-Profit Earth Rangers to Green Its Data Center

    Explore Article SOA World Magazine (Aug 31 2010) Fossil Fuel , Cloud Computing , Servers

    Virtualization Enables Non-Profit Earth Rangers to Green Its Data Center Earth Rangers is focused on working with children to help protect biodiversity. Our long-term goal is to partner with them to protect enough natural habitats to ensure the lasting survival of all species in Canada, where we are based. We take our mission to "Bring Back the Wild" seriously and run our organization with conservation and "green" values in mind.

    Comment on Article Mentions:   LEED

  3. Researchers test energy saving in data centers

    Explore Article University of California (Aug 30 2010) Fossil Fuel , Servers

    Researchers test energy saving in data centers A consortium of researchers from the public and private sectors have embarked on a real-world experiment to gauge whether large computing facilities can operate on less power if they cut alternating current (AC) out of the equation. At the University of California, San Diego today (Aug. 30), engineers switched a set of servers in a campus data center to operate continuously on 380-volt direct current (DC) as part of a project that allows researchers to track in great detail the energy savings that servers and data centers can hope to achieve through a variety of architectural and procedural efficiencies, including ...

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory   Intel

  4. UK Firms Face Carbon Emissions Fines

    Explore Article environmentalleader.com (Aug 23 2010) Carbon Reduction Commitment , Carbon Tax , Emissions , Fossil Fuel

    UK Firms Face Carbon Emissions Fines UK businesses are facing hefty fines for failing to comply with new carbon emission regulations under the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) energy-efficiency scheme, reports Business.Scotsman.com. The Energy Agency estimates that only 1,229 out of about 4,000 large businesses and other commercial organizations that qualify have registered under CRC. If companies fail to register by the September [...]

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Europe   Carbon Reduction Commitment   CRC

  5. Cap and Trade Makes a Comeback

    Explore Article environmentalleader.com (Aug 18 2010) Cap and Trade , Carbon Footprint , Fossil Fuel

    Cap and Trade Makes a Comeback Many of us thought that earlier this year we saw the end of cap and trade. But with the oil disaster, cap and trade is poised to make a big comeback. But is emissions trading the answer or just a Band-Aid on a bullet hole? Though there has been a great deal of debate surrounding cap and trade in its most recent context of carbon trading, cap and trade in history has had its successes. It all started back in 1988 when former President George H.W. Bush came into office in the midst of a major environmental issue, acid rain—rain ...

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  6. Coal is the fuel of today -- and tomorrow

    Explore Article ::: The Korea Times ::: (Aug 18 2010) Cap and Trade , Carbon Tax , Emissions , Fossil Fuel

    Coal is the fuel of today -- and tomorrow For all the talk of electricity produced by windmills and solar arrays, the Department of Energy has seen the future of electric power generation and it's coal. More than half of the U.S.'s electricity comes from coal and, says the DOE, will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. That's because of two reasons: There's a lot of it and it's relatively cheap. Nor is the supply prone to interruption like oil, wind and solar. Despite the government's best efforts, coal produces 20 times the electricity of renewable fuels other than hydropower. The power industry is betting that will ...

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Department of Energy

  7. China Solar Projects Draw Interest From 50 Companies

    Explore Article BusinessWeek (Aug 12 2010) Fossil Fuel , Nuclear , Solar

    China Solar Projects Draw Interest From 50 Companies China’s effort to double its capacity to produce solar power has attracted project bids by 50 companies, ranging from nuclear plant operators to circuit-breaker makers, one of the participants said. The tender process has generated 135 offers to build and run solar plants in six provinces, including from China Guangdong Nuclear Power Group Co., the nation’s second-biggest atomic plant builder, according to Qiu Zhanwei, vice-director of Beijing-based solar-module maker Astronergy, which also has bid. “A lot of companies are interested in getting involved in these projects as the government is keen to develop this sector and they want to get ...

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  8. How Could the Climate Bill Have Passed?

    Explore Article TreeHugger (Aug 11 2010) Cap and Trade , Carbon Tax , Emissions , Fossil Fuel

    How Could the Climate Bill Have Passed? In the weeks since the clean energy and climate bill died unceremoniously in the Senate, there's been much soul-searching in both green and policy circles alike. Some people blame the bill's failure to pass on intransigent Republicans, others a lack of leadership from Obama, and some have pointed their fingers directly at environmentalists. Charles Komanoff, however, is simply relieved. He argues that the failure of the cap and trade bill is good news, because it clears the way for a fresh start with much better policy: Something that's easier for the American people to rally behind, something that doesn't have ...

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  9. Europe investing in solar and carbon capture

    Explore Article examiner.com (Aug 9 2010) Construction , Monitoring , Cap and Trade , Carbon Footprint , Carbon Tax , Emissions , Fossil Fuel , Nuclear , Solar

    Europe investing in solar and carbon capture The European Union (EU) is investing in solar and carbon capture. The European Union (EU) plans to aggressively cut Greenhouse Gases with new technology. The EU is investing $50 billion Euros into research and development of solar and carbon capture at coal plants. The EU is comprised of 27 members. It already has a carbon limiting cap and trade program but it is viewed as too expensive by business. Some EU countries have a carbon tax also. Solar power is getting $23 billion Euros over the next decade in investment. Carbon capture is receiving $13 billion Euros over the same ...

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Europe   George W. Bush

  10. Why Data Centre Owners Want Carbon Laws Terminated

    Explore Article Home - eWeekEurope.co.uk (Aug 5 2010) Emissions , Fossil Fuel

    Why Data Centre Owners Want Carbon Laws Terminated In the dog days of summer you might, like me, find yourself with a bit more time on your hands than usual. Given the standard of the average British summer, spending all of it frolicking in the great outdoors isn’t always an option. Sitting down to watch a few sci-fi classics is one alternative - albeit a geeky one. But beware, rather than escapism, some of these films have a way of focusing the mind on real-world issues in an unexpected way.

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  11. Fox News Takes A Look at Facebook and Coal

    Explore Article Greenpeace (Aug 2 2010) Emissions , Fossil Fuel

    Fox News Takes A Look at Facebook and Coal Fox News Takes A Look at Facebook and CoalGreenpeace International (blog)You may remember that Facebook announced that it was building its first data center, in Prineville, Oregon. Unfortunately for the climate, we soon found out ...

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Greenpeace

  12. TelecityGroup Achieves Carbon Trust Standard

    Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (Jul 29 2010) Monitoring , Carbon Footprint , Emissions , Fossil Fuel

    TelecityGroup Achieves Carbon Trust Standard TelecityGroup, a European data center provider headquartered in the United Kingdom, has become the first provider to achieve the Carbon Trust Standard for its UK operations. The company also earned an ISO 14001 certification for environmental management. The Carbon Trust Standard is a carbon award that requires organizations to measure, manage and reduce carbon emissions across their own operations. By improving its carbon efficiency from January 2007 through to December 2009 across the company’s UK operations and subsidiaries, TelecityGroup achieved the Carbon Trusts Standard. The company has committed to delivering ongoing year-on-year improvements.

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Europe   United Kingdom   Netherlands

  13. GE invests in SynapSense to cut data center energy

    Explore Article Technology News (Jul 26 2010) Fossil Fuel , Cloud Computing , Servers

    GE invests in SynapSense to cut data center energy General Electric on Monday said it will invest in and partner with SynapSense, a start-up which makes a system for reducing data center energy with wireless sensors. Using sensors, SynapSense can create a thermal map of the racks in a data center. (Credit: SyapSense) GE Energy Financial Services is joining existing investors to put $5 million into Folsom, California-based SynapSense which was founded four years ago. It had previously raised $20 million from Emerald Technology Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Robert Bosch Venture Capital, American River Ventures, Nth Power, and DFJ Frontier.

    Comment on Article Mentions:   General Electric   SynapSense

  14. Rutgers’ Chinese Solar Panels Show Clean-Energy Shift

    Explore Article BusinessWeek (Jul 23 2010) Fossil Fuel , Solar

    Rutgers’ Chinese Solar Panels Show Clean-Energy Shift At Rutgers University in New Jersey, 7,600 panels convert sunlight into electricity, saving some $200,000 in energy costs this year in the biggest solar-power experiment at a U.S. college. Yingli Green Energy Holding Co., China’s second-largest solar-panel maker, supplied the $10 million project. Yingli is one of several Chinese manufacturers that have slashed costs to reduce global prices for solar modules by about 50 percent in two years. The drive made them more affordable for buyers from Rutgers to Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the biggest U.S. retailer.

    Comment on Article Mentions:   New York Stock Exchange   Pike Research

  15. U.K. layers climate shift on Google Earth

    Explore Article Technology News (Jul 16 2010) Emissions , Fossil Fuel

    U.K. layers climate shift on Google Earth The U.K. government on Thursday launched a Google Earth layer that models what Earth might look like in the event of a significant worldwide rise in temperature. Specifically, the interactive map visually demonstrates what could happen if carbon emissions are not curbed, and as a result, Earth's temperature rises four degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial worldwide climate average. As a plethora of scientists and politicians have repeatedly stated, an increase in things like drought and agricultural disruption as a result of drought, could lead to instability and violence in some parts of the world.

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