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Google embraces wind power for headquarter’s energy needs

February 11, 2015 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Apple isn’t the only tech giant making waves on the renewal energy front. Google is making a big commitment to wind power, enough to provide its Mountain View, Calif.-based headquarters with enough electricity for their operations. My colleague, Jaikumar Vijayan, over at eWEEK reports: As part of the agreement, NextEra will install new turbines at its […]

Filed Under: Cleantech & Renewable Energy, Uncategorized Tagged With: Apple, Google, renewable energy, solar, wind, wind power

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

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

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

Windy in Louisiana: Blade Dynamics to open plant, American Superconductor and Dow take stake

August 17, 2010 by Pedro Hernandez

American Superconductor (AMSC) today announced that it had paid $8 million for a 25 percent stake in U.K.-based Blade Dynamics. Dow Chemical’s VC arm also made a minority equity investment in the wind turbine company, which is expanding into the Southern U.S. Blade Dynamics’ claim to fame is efficient rotor technology that reduces weight and […]

Filed Under: Cleantech & Renewable Energy, Featured Tagged With: American Superconductor, Blade Dynamics, Dow Chemical, funding, green jobs, Louisiana, New Orleans, wind, wind power, wind turbines

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

TAK Studio Combines Roadside Lighting and Wind

February 6, 2010 by Pedro Hernandez 1 Comment

Harnessing energy from the nation’s roadways isn’t a new idea but TAK Studio has a neat and visually striking twist on the idea. As its name plainly implies, Turbine Light combines roadside lighting (LED?) with a turbine that captures wind…

Filed Under: Cleantech & Renewable Energy Tagged With: Greener Gadgets, TAK Studio, wind, wind power, wind turbines

Cleantech News Roundup – Friday, April 17, 2009

April 17, 2009 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Sun Catalytix lands funds for “solar fuel” – VentureBeat While little is known about Sun Catalytix’s forthcoming products, its founder, MIT chemistry professor Daniel Nocera, has long been involved in research on hydrogen gas made with only sunlight and water….

Filed Under: Cleantech & Renewable Energy Tagged With: battery, cleantech, cleantech VC, cleantech venture capital, fuel, hydrogen, News, roundup, solar, wind, wind power, wind turbines

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