Category: Fossil Fuel

1. Countries in the News

   (22 articles) Europe

   (6 articles) United Kingdom

   (4 articles) Norway

   (3 articles) Netherlands

   (3 articles) Iceland

2. Organizations in the News

   (14 articles) Google

   (13 articles) InfoWorld

   (13 articles) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

   (11 articles) IBM

   (8 articles) CNET News

   (8 articles) Department of Energy

   (7 articles) Waxman-Markey American Clean Energy and Security Act.

   (5 articles) eBay

   (5 articles) LEED

   (5 articles) Forbes

3. People in the News

   (8 articles) Barack Obama

   (2 articles) Steven Chu

   (2 articles) Todd Stern

   (1 articles) Tony Blair

   (1 articles) Carol Wilson

   (1 articles) Bill Weihl

   (1 articles) Carol Browner

   (1 articles) John Kerry

1. 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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2. Europe 'supergrid' hopefuls cast fate to wind

   Explore Article Technology News (Mar 8 2010) Emissions , Fossil Fuel , Wind

   Ten companies pushing to build a pan-European offshore power network that could help cut carbon emissions and cost customers over 20 billion euros got together in London on Monday. The Friends of the Supergrid (FOSG) brings together companies that want to build the High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) infrastructure together with those that hope to develop, install, own, and operate it. Building interconnectors to link offshore wind farms across the North Sea from Sweden and Denmark to Britain could cost 15 billion to 20 billion euros, according to a report commissioned by Greenpeace, in addition to the tens of billions ...
   

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3. Greenpeace Admits Using ‘Dirty’ Power

   Explore Article Home - eWeekEurope.co.uk (Mar 4 2010) Fossil Fuel , Servers

   There are red faces over at Greenpeace International, after the environmental organisation took Facebook to task last month over a data centre it is building in Oregon that will use mostly coal-based electricity. Greenpeace’s beef with Facebook’s data centre was that it is not using renewable energy, which led the environmental group to reportedly say that “the only truly green data centres are the ones running on renewable energy.”
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   Netherlands   Greenpeace   Data Center Knowledge

4. 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.
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   General Electric   MIT   InfoWorld

5. Can Bloom Boxes Power Data Centers?

   Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (Mar 2 2010) Fossil Fuel

   Is the Bloom Energy Server the future of data center power? Or is it the latest promising energy technology to fall short of the economics and scale required to support major data centers? Last week Bloom Energy officially unveiled its fuel cell, also known simply as the “Bloom Box.” The company has deployed its units at a lineup of blue-chip customers including Bank of America, Coca-Cola, eBay, FedEx, Staples and Wal-Mart. Early adopters are enthusiastic, including major players in the data center space. “Distributed power is a big deal,” said Google co-founder Larry Page. “I’m a big supporter of this. ...
   

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6. John Kerry says compromise climate bill coming

   Explore Article Technology News (Feb 26 2010) Carbon Tax , Emissions , Fossil Fuel

   Senator John Kerry said a bipartisan climate change bill would emerge soon in the U.S. Senate, contradicting what he called the "conventional wisdom" that the legislation was dead this election year. Kerry is working closely with the Obama administration and a bipartisan group of senators on a comprehensive bill to reduce U.S. carbon dioxide pollution blamed for global warming. "We're on a short track here in terms of piecing together legislation we intend to roll out," Kerry told a climate policy forum, without giving details of his proposals. The Massachusetts Democrat and White House officials are among the most optimistic ...
   

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7. California solar project gets $1.4 billion U.S. guarantee

   Explore Article Technology News (Feb 23 2010) Fossil Fuel

   The United States on Monday gave its biggest backing yet to a renewable energy project, guaranteeing $1.37 billion in loans for a California development by BrightSource Energy that uses the sun's heat to power a steam turbine. BrightSource's proposed solar thermal plants are expected to generate about 400 megawatts of electricity and power about 140,000 California homes, giving it the heft to compete with plants fueled by coal and natural gas. President Obama's administration has touted green energy investments as a way to create jobs and increase international economic competitiveness. "We're not going to sit on the sidelines while other ...
   

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8. Google gets go-ahead to buy, sell energy

   Explore Article Technology News (Feb 19 2010) Fossil Fuel

   The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has authorized Google Energy to buy and sell electricity in bulk like any other utility. The FERC, the agency with oversight of the U.S. power grid, signed an order (PDF) on Thursday that grants Google Energy market-based rate authorization. This paves the way for the search giant to not only better manage its own energy costs, but to possibly add electricity marketer to its repertoire of services. The order specifically grants Google Energy--a subsidiary of Google--the rights "for the sale of energy, capacity, and ancillary services at market-based rates" while acknowledging that neither Google Energy ...
   

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9. Can Facebook's Data Center be Green if it Runs on Coal?

   Explore Article greenercomputing.com (Feb 18 2010) Fossil Fuel , Cloud Computing , Servers

   I may have to de-friend Facebook's green data center. The Prineville, Ore., facility the company announced at the end of last month, received kudos and accolades for its innovative and dedicatedly green features, including a low-energy evaporative cooling system, an airside economizer for using outside air to cool the facility, a system to re-use of server heat, and a target of hitting a PUE of 1.15. But at least some of the power going in to the data center will be from a notoriously non-green energy source: Coal. Not even "clean coal," just coal.
   

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10. Green supplier report: Purchasing counts the carbons

    Explore Article purchasing.com (Feb 11 2010) Cap and Trade , Carbon Footprint , Emissions , Fossil Fuel , Wind

    Purchasing departments are playing key roles in company campaigns to reduce their carbon footprint from greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Purchasing has been looking for energy savings since long before climate change science fingered GHG as a contributing cause. Aside from finding greener energy sources and contributing to energy efficiency innovations, they are involved in changing the materials buy or moving to processes that emit less CO2 and other gasses. "There has been surge of interest over the last year and half in inquiries about GHG emissions," says James Solo, vice president at Trucost, a U.K.-based consulting firm that assists companies ...
    

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11. How Cap & Trade May Impact the Data Center

    Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (Feb 9 2010) Monitoring , Cap and Trade , Carbon Footprint , Emissions , Fossil Fuel , Cloud Computing

    As governments around the world continue to explore and implement carbon emissions standards and carbon reduction commitments, many companies will be required to participate in auction-based carbon emissions trading schemes that are designed to provide economic and reputational incentives for achieving reductions in emissions. In many cases, those companies that do not reduce emissions could face financial penalties in the form of emissions credits they will need to purchase. For example, in the United Kingdom, the Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy Efficiency Scheme will begin in April 2010 to promote energy efficiency and help reduce carbon emissions.
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   United Kingdom   Interactive Data Corporation   Data Center Knowledge

12. IBM Hopes To Trigger UK Nuclear Renaissance

    Explore Article Home - eWeekEurope.co.uk (Feb 9 2010) Emissions , Fossil Fuel , Nuclear

    IBM says smart information systems could help improve the image of nuclear energy, but green groups claim such efforts are a dangerous distraction from renewables Smarter information management systems will be a crucial part of efforts to push the development of cheaper and safer nuclear power in the UK, according to IBM. The tech company released details of a survey this week which it claims reveals a more positive attitude to nuclear power in the UK, with consumers more amenable to the technology as a low-carbon alternative to existing fossil-fuel energy sources.
    

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13. U.K. Lawmakers Call for Intervention in Carbon Market (Update1)

    Explore Article BusinessWeek (Feb 8 2010) Construction , Carbon Tax , Emissions , Fossil Fuel , Nuclear

    Europe needs stricter limits on greenhouse gases and the power to intervene in carbon markets as its cap-and-trade program fails to encourage investments in cleaner energy, U.K. lawmakers said today in a report. “It is imperative that there are mechanisms for reducing the EU cap,” the committee said. While the U.K. alone couldn’t change EU caps, the 16-member panel representing the Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties said “the U.K. should be prepared to act “unilaterally” to curb its supply of permits and “demonstrate a continuing leadership role on tackling climate change.”
    

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14. Measuring the smart-grid effect

    Explore Article Technology News (Feb 4 2010) Monitoring , Carbon Footprint , Emissions , Fossil Fuel

    Good old-fashioned guilt and frugality might go a long way toward helping the U.S. reduce its carbon footprint. Converting the U.S. electricity grid to a series of smart grids would have a significant impact on carbon emissions from utilities mainly because the shift would tend to change people's usage habits, according to a report released last week by the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). Researchers at PNNL's Electricity Infrastructure Operations Center (EIOC) used real-time U.S. electric grid data, advanced software, modeling computation, and data from existing smart-grid projects to determine whether, and by how much, a series ...
    

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15. 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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