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Stat of the day: SAP and renewable energy

August 11, 2010 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

50 percent That’s how much of SAP’s energy use is derived from renewable energy sources (solar, wind, etc.) as of this past quarter ending June 30, 2010. Kudos! Additionally, the enterprise software maker — which also markets carbon accounting software — is reporting huge strides in improving data center energy efficiency and cutting CO2 emissions […]

Filed Under: Green IT, Stats & Figures, Virtualization Tagged With: renewable energy, SAP

Genie Lens: Stick-on solar booster

August 10, 2010 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

An Englewood, CO-based startup called Genie Lens Technologies has created a film called Fusion — a sticker, for all intents and purposes — that improves solar panel efficiency by up to 10 percent.  The best part is that the sticker improves efficiency best under cloudy conditions, when diffuse light makes it tougher for solar panels […]

Filed Under: Cleantech & Renewable Energy Tagged With: cleantech, Genie Lens Technologies, renewable energy, solar, solar panels

Urban wind gathers momentum

August 6, 2010 by Pedro Hernandez 1 Comment

urban wind - Flickr user Terry Wha

The problem with erecting wind turbines in big cities and other urban areas come down to several factors: size and noise, zoning laws, wind variability and intermittency, bird safety… But thanks to some new innovations,  urban communities and a couple of “small wind” startups are poised to bring renewable energy to town squares and apartment […]

Filed Under: Cleantech & Renewable Energy, Featured Tagged With: cleantech, Humdinger Wind Energy, piezoelectric, renewable energy, small wind, urban wind, wind, wind power, wind turbines, Windtronics

Cleantech + IT = Bloom Energy Server

February 24, 2010 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Bloom Energy Server, eBay Installation – Credit: Bloom Energy Bloom Energy’s fuel cell is making waves this week, starting with a 60 Minutes profile and culminating in today’s official coming out party. (FYI: My colleague Katie at Earth2Tech has some…

Filed Under: Cleantech & Renewable Energy Tagged With: Bloom Energy, Bloom Energy Server, cleantech, eBay, Facebook, fuel cell, Google, renewable energy

Making green data centers less taxing

February 22, 2010 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Want more proof that it makes financial sense to go green in the data center? How about tax incentives for going green? Pursuing energy efficiency strategies for the data center is often viewed as a process that takes a while…

Filed Under: Green IT Tagged With: green data center, green datacenter, renewable energy, tax credit, tax deductions, tax incentives

Startup Plans Wind-Powered Datacenter

July 21, 2009 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Baryonyx, a Texas startup, is embarking on projects to build green datacenters and the wind farms to power them. Data Center Knowledge reports: Baryonyx plans to build a 28,000 square foot data center in Stratford, which will be powered by…

Filed Under: Cleantech & Renewable Energy, Green IT Tagged With: alternative energy, Baryonyx, cleantech, datacenter, Green IT, renewable energy, wind power, wind turbines

Green Stats: U.S. Wind Power

July 20, 2009 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

It took a while, but the U.S. is a leader in wind power production, culminating in 28,635 MW as of April 30, 2009. See a decade’s worth of growth via an animated map courtesy of the U.S. Department of…

Filed Under: Cleantech & Renewable Energy, Stats & Figures Tagged With: alternative energy, map, renewable energy, statistics, wind power

In Pictures: Retro-Green Technology

July 9, 2009 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Deriving energy from the sun and wind may be sparking a technological revolution in the here and now, but it’s actually quite an old pursuit. This neat gallery at Guardian News celebrates those that came before. Worth a look!…

Filed Under: Cleantech & Renewable Energy Tagged With: cleantech, gallery, renewable energy

Cleantech News Roundup – Wednesday, July 8

July 8, 2009 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Pickens: World’s Biggest Wind Farm No Longer on Drawing Board – Greentech Media The oil tycoon has scrapped his plans for a 4-gigawatt wind farm in Texas, planning instead to build five or six much smaller wind farms using the…

Filed Under: Cleantech & Renewable Energy Tagged With: cleantech, News, renewable energy, roundup, solar, wind power

Cleantech Roundup – Friday, June 12

June 12, 2009 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Green Sector Growing Fastest – Pew Study – Sustainable Business Pew found that jobs in the clean energy economy grew at a national rate of 9.1%, while traditional jobs grew by only 3.7% between 1998 and 2007. There was a…

Filed Under: Cleantech & Renewable Energy Tagged With: cleantech, renewable energy, roundup

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