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2013 Rewind: The plummeting price of solar

December 14, 2013 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Solar Price Drop Chart 1977-2013

The following, not-so-new chart from Bloomberg and New Energy Finance has been making the rounds, and really, it speaks for itself. In the past couple of decades, the price of solar panels has dropped like a stone — particularly in the last few years. The cost of solar has fallen from $76.67 per watt at […]

Filed Under: Cleantech & Renewable Energy

Google invests $80M in solar projects

November 14, 2013 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Move over Microsoft. The techies at Redmond aren’t the only big spenders in the renewable energy arena. Google, too, is investing big bucks on some solar array projects in the West. Kojo Ako-Asare, Head of Corporate Finance at Google, posted on the official Google blog: We’re partnering with global investment firm KKR to invest in […]

Filed Under: Cleantech & Renewable Energy Tagged With: Google, renewable energy, solar

Kickstarter spotlight: ShowerSaver reveals the naked, soapy truth about water use

November 13, 2013 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Recent droughts in the U.S., ballooning water bills and the specter of water wars in the not-too-distant future have heightened concerns over one of our most precious resources, good ol’ H2O. But how many people are actually doing something about it? One innovator, Kevin Myers of Green Starts Here, wants to help folks conserve water and […]

Filed Under: ecoSocial, Gadgets & Mobile Tagged With: crowdfunding, Kickstarter, water

Microsoft researches rackmounted fuel cells

November 12, 2013 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Microsoft’s research arm and its Global Foundation Services unit are investigating ways of building the next-generation of energy efficient data centers with fuel cells. But rather than bolt Bloom Energy Servers onto their IT facilities, the company is looking into a more integrated solution. In a research paper, Microsoft describes how placing compact fuel cells in […]

Filed Under: Data Center Tagged With: Data Center, fuel cell, Microsoft

IBM patents a greener cloud

November 11, 2013 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Cloud computing is really taking off, a trend that requires more big data centers to be built. For the most part, cloud providers are doing a great job of erecting green facilities, but what if they could tweak things further? IBM has a new patent that may help organizations extend their green initiatives to the […]

Filed Under: Cloud Computing, Data Center Tagged With: Cloud Computing, Data Center, IBM, patents

Microsoft banks on Texas wind power

November 9, 2013 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Microsoft Wind Power

A new wind farm is going up in Texas, and Microsoft had a hand in making it happen. The company, no stranger to renewable energy and green computing programs, agreed to purchase all of the electricity generated by the Keechi Wind Farm Project for 20 years. The wind farm, located roughly 70 miles northwest of Fort […]

Filed Under: Cleantech & Renewable Energy Tagged With: Microsoft, renewable energy, renewables, wind, wind power

Microsoft funds 15 carbon offset programs globally

September 11, 2013 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Microsoft is big on carbon offsets, and not just in the U.S. It’s become more popular over the years for business, particularly big tech companies that operate huge data centers and work campuses, to purchase carbon offsets to achieve carbon neutrality and help limit the environmental effects of their operations. These credits, in part, help […]

Filed Under: Cleantech & Renewable Energy, Green IT Tagged With: carbon offsets, Microsoft, renewable energy, wind, wind power

Defying downtime: PEER 1 Hosting’s data center withstands Hurricane Sandy [VIDEO]

August 7, 2013 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

New Jersey, New York and surrounding states are still dealing with the devastation that Hurricane Sandy unleashed on region last year. Wrecked homes, livelihoods derailed, and in some tragic cases, lost lives… The super storm took its toll on people, businesses and vital infrastructure. Yet despite the chaos, one company not only managed to keep the lights […]

Filed Under: Data Center Tagged With: Data Center, hurricane, PEER 1

Microsoft and Pixel Lab spotlight Everest’s vanishing glaciers

May 29, 2013 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Everest: Rivers of Ice

Microsoft Research and the company’s IE team joined Pixel Lab, filmmaker David Breashears and his GlacierWorks foundation on the HTML5-powered, touch-enabled site Everest: Rivers of Ice. While obviously optimized for Internet Explorer 10 and Windows 8/RT tablets like Microsoft’s Surface, the site appears to work well enough on other browsers (I tried it with Chrome). And it’s worth […]

Filed Under: ecoSocial Tagged With: climate change, Everest, glaciers, GlacierWorks, Microsoft, Pixel Lab, website

Kyocera’s Green Curtains

May 13, 2013 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Kyocera Green Curtains

Wondering how to lower your office’s carbon footprint during the hot summer months? Why not try some Green Curtains? Each spring since 2007, electronics maker Kyocera plants goya — aka Momordica charantia or bitter melon — on trellises in front of windows and walls to provide shade at its facilities in Japan and in other […]

Filed Under: Cleantech & Renewable Energy Tagged With: CO2, greenery, Kyocera, plants

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