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What if… Solar got the same subsidies as fossil fuels?

October 9, 2010 by Pedro Hernandez 3 Comments

Infographic: Your tax dollars at work. For oil, gas and coal companies, that is. 1BOG has cooked up another compelling infographic that illustrates how the odds are stacked against clean energy companies, particularly solar. Every year, the fossil fuel industry (oil, gas and coal) gets billions in subsidies and tax incentives from the U.S. government […]

Filed Under: Cleantech & Renewable Energy Tagged With: 1BOG, alternative energy, cleantech, fossil fuels, One Block Off the Grid, renewable energy, solar, subsidies

Green DIY: Build a Solar Wi-Fi hotspot

October 7, 2010 by Pedro Hernandez 1 Comment

This is neat. If you need to extend a wireless network beyond the reach of a power cable, VoltXamps.com has a how-to on converting a Linksys WRT54G router, a solar panel and a cigar box into a self-contained Wi-Fi hotspot. It’s a cool and classy-looking weekend project if you’re comfortable with some soldering and flashing […]

Filed Under: Green IT Tagged With: computer networking, DIY, how to, howto, Linksys, network, solar, Wi-Fi

Yahoo eyes tighter control over server fans

October 6, 2010 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

One of the ways Yahoo saves energy in its data centers is by keeping the temperature a rather balmy 75 degrees F in the data center. (Most data centers keep their AC’s cranking year-round to keep temps much cooler, dipping well into the 60’s.) The servers can handle it — and it saves a bunch […]

Filed Under: Data Center Tagged With: computer servers, cooling, IBM, servers, Yahoo

Gartner: Most big, new data centers to adopt PUE

October 6, 2010 by Pedro Hernandez 1 Comment

By 2015, according to Gartner, 80 percent of new large data centers will be the using the power usage effectiveness (PUE) measurement devised by The Grid Grid to report on the efficiency of their operations. PUE is not perfect, and there are efforts underway to support and develop measurements that provide insight into the useful […]

Filed Under: Data Center, Stats & Figures Tagged With: computer servers, Data Center, Gartner, PUE, servers, statistics, stats, Virtualization

Solar panels are coming back to the White House

October 5, 2010 by Pedro Hernandez 1 Comment

President Jimmy Carter had them installed. Reagan’s administration removed them. George Bush Sr. dabbled with a small installation. Now, they’re really making a comeback. At the 2010 GreenGov Symposium, The White House announced that solar panels will be reinstalled on 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue along with a solar hot water heater system as part of a […]

Filed Under: Cleantech & Renewable Energy, Featured Tagged With: cleantech, government, renewable energy, solar, solar installation, solar panels, The White House, U.S. Department of Energy

Tech Vault: Security and green IT mix in Vermont-based data center

October 4, 2010 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Security is the ruling consideration for Tech Vault’s data center, which opened late last month, in South Burlington, Vermont. But that doesn’t mean that there’s no room to run the facility in an energy efficient way. Unsurprisingly, the window-less, hardened facility with backup fiber connectivity exemplifies the “no expense spared” credo of ultra-secure data centers […]

Filed Under: Data Center Tagged With: cooling, Data Center, data center cooling, Efficiency Vermont, green data center, security, Tech Vault, Vermont

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