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    1. Why can't we give up fossil fuels?

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      Why can't we give up fossil fuels?

      Despite all the mounting scientific concern, the political rhetoric and the clean technology of the past decade, the growth rate in global carbon emissions has not reduced at all. Why? Because we continue to extract and burn fossil fuels more than ever before We have far more oil, coal and gas than we can safely burn. For all the millions of words written about climate change, the challenge ...

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    2. Uptime Institute Announces AOL and Barclays as Winners of Second Annual

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      Uptime Institute Announces AOL and Barclays as Winners of Second Annual

      Uptime Institute invited companies around the globe to help address and solve this problem by participating in the Uptime Institute Server Roundup, an initiative to promote IT and Facilities integration, and improve data center energy efficiency. The annual

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    6. Liquid Gas Plants Could Power Data Centres For Nothing

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      Liquid Gas Plants Could Power Data Centres For Nothing

      An ingenious proposal to locate data centres near liquid natural gas (LNG) plants could provide all their cooling and electrical power for nothing – and the group behind it hopes to interest European providers in the concept. Natural gas storage plants produce excess refrigeration, and waste enough energy to run a data centre according to TeraCool. 

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      Mentions: Europe Uptime Institute Peter Judge

    9. The Experts: Should There Be a Price on Carbon Emissions?

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      The Experts: Should There Be a Price on Carbon Emissions?

      Yes, there should be a price on carbon emissions. Directly pricing carbon dioxide (and other greenhouse gases) provides a far better “bang for the buck” in mitigating climate change than many of the policies that have actually been put in place (such as feed-in tariffs or tax credits for wind and solar or fleet-averaged fuel efficiency standards for automobiles). Unfortunately, policies that dole out money and hide costs are often more politically palatable than policies that make costs explicit.

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    10. What's up with Small Nuclear Reactors?

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      What's up with Small Nuclear Reactors?

      There are a fair amount of ex-nuclear sub staff who work in data centers.   It is possible the idea of a small nuclear plant could follow at some part far in the future.  MIT Review discusses the current state of small nuclear reactors. Nuclear option:Babcock & Wilcox’s proposed power plant is based on two small modular nuclear reactors. Small, modular nuclear reactor designs could be relatively cheap to build and safe to operate, and there’s plenty of corporate and government momentum behind a push to develop and license them. But will they be able to offer power cheap enough to compete with natural gas? And will they really help revive the moribund nuclear industry in the United States? Last year, the U.S. Department of Energy announced that it would provide $452 million in grants to companies developing small modular reactors, provided the companies matched the funds (bringing ...

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    11. Apple's "100% Renewable Energy" Data Center Claim Disputed

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      Washington, D.C. - Experts with the National Center for Public Policy Research are questioning the validity of Apple's recent announcement that its data centers will run on 100-percent renewable energy, and warning the public to "check the fine print."

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    12. American Honda installs 1 MW stationary fuel cell system at California campus

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      American Honda installs 1 MW stationary fuel cell system at California campus

      For each megawatt-hour of power the fuel cell system generates, CO2 emissions will be reduced by 18–25%, according to internal calculations based on the California AB 32 Scoping Plan and data provided by Bloom Energy. Over a project life of 10 years,

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    13. The Little Secrets Behind Apple's Green Data Centers

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      The Little Secrets Behind Apple's Green Data Centers

      Apple this week said that all of its data centers are powered by renewable energy. How Apple achieved that impressive goal reflects the complexity of transitioning to renewable energy. In its annual environmental footprint report, Apple detailed how its U.S. data centers—the computing centers that serve up Apple’s online services—can claim to be powered by “100 percent renewable energy.” 

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    14. Apple issues annual environmental report, touts renewable energy use

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      Apple issues annual environmental report, touts renewable energy use

      While technological progress and the environment often seem to be at odds, many tech companies are working hard to lessen the impact their businesses have on the planet. Over the last several years, Apple has released an annual progress report about its environmental status, and this year is no different. 

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    17. The Clouds are Getting Greener: Apple Data Centers Powered by 100% Renewables

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      The Clouds are Getting Greener: Apple Data Centers Powered by 100% Renewables

      Just one year after Greenpeace called out Apple for its use of fossil fuels in its "How Green Is Your Cloud" report – which graded Apple no higher than a "D" in four categories consisting of energy transparency, infrastructure siting, energy efficiency, and renewables and advocacy – Apple announced that its data centers are now powered by 100 percent renewable energy. 

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    18. Apple switches data centers to 100% renewable energy

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      Apple switches data centers to 100% renewable energy

      After a vigorous campaign by Greenpeace to highlight the carbon-spewing computer halls of the cloud giants, Apple has announced it is feeding its data centers entirely with renewable energy. Apple's flagship Maiden, North Carolina data center is now supplied by 100 per cent renewable energy, with 42 million kWh coming from an on-site solar array, and the rest from biogas stored in nearby fuel cells.

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    20. Verne Global Named 2013 Computerworld Honors Laureate for Sustainable

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      Verne Global, an innovative, UK-based developer of energy efficient data center campuses, has been selected as a 2013 IDG Computerworld Honors Program Laureate for implementing major IT sustainability initiatives. With the industry's first dual-sourced, 100% renewably powered data center, Verne Global is honored for reducing energy consumption in IT equipment and using green technology to conserve energy and lower carbon emissions. 

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    21. Do Data Centres Need A Fracking Dash For Shale Gas?

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      Do Data Centres Need A Fracking Dash For Shale Gas?

      The data centre industry might be feeling heartened by the Chancellor’s introduction of measures to support the fracking of shale gas in today’s Budget. Earlier this week, a report from 451 Research suggested that US leadership in that field might result in cloud facilities going to America, where cheap shale gas will keep energy cheaper.

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    22. Economic Scene: U.S. Example Offers Hope for Cutting Carbon Emissions

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      Economic Scene: U.S. Example Offers Hope for Cutting Carbon Emissions

      Who would have thought the United States would one day be a leader in cutting greenhouse gas emissions? This is the nation, after all, where a former chairman of the Senate committee on the environment, James Inhofe, wrote a book about global warming called “The Greatest Hoax.” This is where a presidential election took place not six months ago in which climate change barely merited a mention, buried under an avalanche of promises to dig for coal and drill for oil.

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    23. $9 megawatt-hr difference in profit margin for coal makes in hard for Europe to pass on Coal

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      $9 megawatt-hr difference in profit margin for coal makes in hard for Europe to pass on Coal

      National Geographic has a post on the shift in the USA to cleaner Natural Gas and the rise of coal exports. The reality is it is hard for European power producers to pass on a $9 megawatt-hour difference in profit margin if they use coal vs. natural gas. European utilities are now finding that generating power from coal is a profitable gambit. In the power industry, the profit margin for generating electricity from coal is called the "clean dark spread"; at the end of December in Great Britain, it was going for about $39 per megawatt-hour, according to Argus. By contrast, the profit margin for gas-fired plants—the "clean spark spread"—was about $3. Tomas Wyns, director of the Center for Clean Air Policy-Europe, a nonprofit organization in Brussels, Belgium, said those kinds of spreads are typical across Europe right now. The article has lots of data like the drop ...

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