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REN21: Renewables make up nearly 20 percent of global energy production

Where in the world?! Before we get to all those juicy statistics, REN21 came through with a little tech for infoporn addicts by debuting an online Renewables Interactive Map to coincide with the release of the group’s Renewables 2011 Global Status Report. As with all good interactive maps, it’s infinitely clickable and searchable. As a [...]

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by Pedro Hernandez on July 28, 2011 · 2 comments

Smart grid and consumers: Exploring a tough sell

When the Smart Grid Consumer Collective (SGCC) formed last year, it set on a tough and unforgiving road. The parties it represents — utilities and smart grid vendors, for the most part — were the enemy in the eyes of homeowners that saw their electric bills skyrocket soon after smart meters were installed. This led [...]

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by Pedro Hernandez on February 9, 2011 · 2 comments

Report: Mobile Networks Can Cut Carbon Emissions by 42 Percent

They may have faded into the background (some pretty convincingly), but all those those cell sites require a lot of power!In his new Pike Research report, “How Mobile Networks Can Cut Carbon” (subscription required), Clint Wheelock finds that with a…

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by Pedro Hernandez on September 1, 2009 · 0 comments

Dedupe, Thin Provisioning Molding the Future of Enterprise Storage

I recently chatted with Analytico’s Tom Trainer about his new GigaOM Pro report, “The Future of Data Center Storage” (subscription required) and wrote about some of the insights I gleaned for Earth2Tech (thanks Katie!). I was encouraged to find out…

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by Pedro Hernandez on August 25, 2009 · 0 comments