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SAP: Nearly a half a billion dollars in energy savings in 2010

March 28, 2011 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

SAP knows how to put together a CSR report, and the German enterprise software maker has proven it again with some interesting statistics in it’s latest disclosure. The company reported that in 2010, it had saved $470 million in energy costs thanks to real, focused efforts to drive energy efficient practices throughout the organization (like […]

Filed Under: Stats & Figures Tagged With: corporate social responsibility, CSR, renewable energy, SAP, statistics, stats

Top 10: SunRun ranks the greenest stadiums in the U.S.

February 2, 2011 by Pedro Hernandez 1 Comment

Just in time for the Super Bowl, SunRun, the San Francisco-based home solar financing and installation startup has ranked the ten greenest stadiums in the U.S. Though Cowboys Stadium, this year’s home to the big game, didn’t top the list, it made a strong showing nonetheless. Instead, the number 1 spot goes to Qwest Field, […]

Filed Under: Cleantech & Renewable Energy Tagged With: cleantech, renewable energy, solar, solar financing, sports, stadiums, SunRun

EverLast’s renewable-powered lighting system is NASA-approved

January 11, 2011 by Pedro Hernandez 2 Comments

While it won’t be going into orbit, EverLast’s outdoor lighting system is still accomplishing a pretty neat feat for the spacefaring agency. The Jackson, Michigan-based company is behind the sensor-backed tech that’s providing an 0ff-grid parking lot at the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas with zero-emissions, energy efficient outdoor induction lighting. How? With […]

Filed Under: Cleantech & Renewable Energy Tagged With: EverLast, NASA, renewable energy, smart lighting, solar, solar panels, solar power, solid-state lighting, wind, wind power, wind turbines

Fuel cells and the data center

December 3, 2010 by Pedro Hernandez 1 Comment

Processor is fast becoming one of my favorite sites to point folks that want to get a good introductory grasp on Green IT topics. Its latest feature on fuel cells is one of the reasons why. Chris A. MacKinnon’s article explores the clean (in relative terms) energy technology that took center stage when Bloom Energy’s […]

Filed Under: Cleantech & Renewable Energy, Data Center Tagged With: Bloom Energy, Bloom Energy Server, clean energy, five nines, fuel cell, renewable energy

Cities rolling out “Google Maps for solar”

November 29, 2010 by Pedro Hernandez 1 Comment

Can I? Should I? Will it cost an arm and a leg? Installing solar is not for the faint of heart. Apart from determining if the sun shines strongly enough to make solar viable in your neck of the woods, there’s a maze of regulations and incentives that can make or break the case for […]

Filed Under: Cleantech & Renewable Energy Tagged With: 1BOG, One Block Off the Grid, online, Online Resources, renewable energy, solar

Google backs offshore wind transmission project

October 12, 2010 by Pedro Hernandez 1 Comment

I’ve been waiting for Google to make some (preferably Green IT) news in my home state of New Jersey, and it’s finally happening. Well, sort of, if you count the waters off our coast. Google today announced that the company will be backing an offshore wind project called the Atlantic Wind Connection off the New […]

Filed Under: Cleantech & Renewable Energy Tagged With: cleantech, Google, renewable energy, wind, wind power

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

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

Microsoft passes on not-so-green site for massive data center in Virginia

September 16, 2010 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

No green energy, no dice. That’s Microsoft’s stance on siting new data centers, according to a story in the Roanoke Times. The company passed on building a nearly half-billion dollar facility in Montgomery County, Virginia. Instead, it settled on Boydton County. The reason: A dearth of renewable energy options. Oh, yeah, and sinkholes. The sinkholes […]

Filed Under: Data Center, Featured Tagged With: clean energy, Data Center, datacenter, Facebook, green data center, Microsoft, renewable energy

Why Conservatives Are Bad on Energy: It’s All About the Costs

August 25, 2010 by Pedro Hernandez 1 Comment

Commentary: Welcome to the first Industry Voices post. Industry Voices will be a collection of commentaries and editorials from cleantech and Green IT innovators, entrepreneurs and practitioners that take the pulse of the green technology space and spark discussion. Views expressed here are solely those of our contributors. Why Conservatives Are Bad on Energy: It’s […]

Filed Under: Cleantech & Renewable Energy, Industry Voices Tagged With: cleantech, politics, renewable energy, solar, SPG Solar

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