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EERE News: DOE to Support Energy Efficiency in Data Centers - 0 views

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  • The Green Grid is a consortium of information technology companies seeking to lower power consumption of data centers around the world. Data centers last year used an estimated 61 billion kilowatt-hours, or 1.5% of electricity in the United States. Energy use in data centers is project to grow 12% per year through 2011.
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After Gutenberg » Blog Archive » Biofuel is, too, a laughing gas matter - 0 views

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  • Crutzen and colleagues question whether growing and burning many biofuel crops actually may raise, rather than lower, greenhouse gas emissions.
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After Gutenberg » Blog Archive » Plug-In Conversions - 0 views

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  • Toyota is testing a Plug-in HV. According to Autoblog Green1, the second step in development “is a car with an electric-only range of 30-60 KM (60 KM = 37 Miles),” Presumably, this would be with advanced lithium batteries. Meanwhile, initial tests are with the addition of another NiMH battery pack and a plug-in hybrid vehicle capable of just 8 all-electric miles.
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ScienceDaily: Recycling Wind Turbines - 0 views

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  • Wind turbines are one of the most environmentally sound technologies for producing electricity, explain the researchers. However, the removal and recycling phase of wind turbines has been identified as a blind spot in assessing their overall environmental impact. Most studies have ignored this phase and focused entirely on their operation and in some cases the production and installation of wind turbines.
  • davidchapman on 24 Sep 07
     
    Danish researchers now suggest that in order to assess the overall environmental impact of wind power, however, the finite lifespan of wind turbines and the need to replace and recycle them must be taken into account.
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wcco.com - Wind Energy Pioneer Facing Federal Fraud Charges - 0 views

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  • davidchapman on 24 Sep 07
     
    Greg Jaunich, a pioneer of Minnesota's wind-energy industry, has been charged by federal authorities for allegedly defrauding Xcel Energy and the state of Minnesota by overstating the amount of power being produced by wind generators he operated.
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Wave hub good to go - 0 views

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  • davidchapman on 24 Sep 07
     
    The infrastructure for Britain's first wave farm is set to be given the go-ahead today, paving the way for a new generation of renewable energy technologies.
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Online.ie - Irish News, Community, Sports, Entertainment, Travel, Email, Services - 0 views

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  • davidchapman on 24 Sep 07
     
    The draft Regulations include plans for: New houses built in Ireland will be more environmentally friendly according to plans unveiled today by the government's Green party ministers. A 40% improvement in energy efficiency for new homes in 2008. A 40% reduction in CO2 emissions. A mandatory minimum renewable energy requirement in all new homes, such as solar heating systems. Mandatory levels of energy efficient fixed light fittings. Minimum standards on heating systems to ensure they are highly energy efficient.
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EurActiv.com - Collective power: towards an EU-wide support scheme for renewable energy... - 0 views

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  • EU support for renewable energy currently "suffers from fragmented, uncoordinated national policies", writes Sheldon Welton for the think tank Notre Europe.
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An Off-Grid Vertical Farm for Downtown Seattle | EcoGeek | Building, September, Written... - 0 views

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  • Vertical urban agriculture offers a potential silver BB in this domain ... with a new concept from Seattle offering one of the most integrated and interesting approaches that I've seen to date.
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  • Energy consumption worldwide is likely to double between 2000 and 2050, and nuclear energy will remain a key element in future low-carbon energy systems. Europe has the largest nuclear industry in the world and one third of its electricity comes from nuclear plants.
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EurActiv.com - EU citizens air doubts about 'clean fossil fuels' | EU - European Inform... - 0 views

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  • Only one-third (26%) of respondents considered clean coal and other fossil fuel technologies to be the best means for reducing CO2 emissions in the EU by 20% by 2020, while two-thirds of respondents favoured energy efficiency improvements in transport and buildings.  
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Pros seem to outdo cons in new phone charger standard | CNET News.com - 0 views

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  • davidchapman on 21 Sep 07
     
    The spaghettilike nightmare that forms many consumers' collection of phone chargers, headset connectors and data cables could be set to end after a major mobile-industry forum agreed to standardize on one type of connector.
  • davidchapman on 21 Sep 07
     
    A small backward step for copper, but a giant leap forward for sustainability. Now do the same thing for laptops please.
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Intel hopes open-source effort will lower Linux power | Underexposed - CNET News.com - 0 views

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  • davidchapman on 21 Sep 07
     
    Intel plans to launch an effort called LessWatts.org on Thursday, a combination of open-source software and helpful hints to reduce power consumption of Linux servers, PCs and gadgets.
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ScienceDaily: Best Energy Strategy: Small, Green And Local, Experts Say - 0 views

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  • The electricity sector as it currently operates is at the mercy of natural disasters, price fluctuations, terrorist attacks and blackouts. Coupled with other, more long-standing problems such as increasing levels of pollution, growing vulnerability and inefficiency of transmission and distribution networks, and rising electricity prices related to disruptions and interruptions in fuel supply, these challenges add to the need for an evaluation of alternative energy technologies.
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Magnetic Refrigerator Needs No Electricity | Got2BeGreen - 0 views

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  • Scientists at the Technical University of Denmark created a refrigerator that uses magnets to cool instead of electricity by finding a cooling method which uses magnetic materials instead of electricity.
  • Sergio Ferreira on 20 Sep 07
     
    Cooling without electricity. Maybe a reality... in 10 years...
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China proposes cooperative renewables research - SciDev.Net - 0 views

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  • China is proposing an international multilateral science and technology cooperation scheme to hasten development of clean renewable energies.
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EurActiv.com - EU unveils plan to dismantle big energy firms | EU - European Informatio... - 0 views

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  • A new battle has begun over the next round of energy liberalisation. Commission proposals to complete the EU's internal market for gas and electricity are leaving France and Germany in a quandary, with EDF and E.ON facing either the dismantling of their transmission assets or tight regulatory restrictions.
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A Floating Solar Island for the UAE | EcoGeek | Water, Written, Solar, September, Into - 0 views

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  • At the end of the day, most of the sun's light hits the oceans, because most of the Earth is ocean, but the United Arab Emerates has just contracted with a Swiss firm, CSEM to purchase a floating solar island.
  • Sergio Ferreira on 20 Sep 07
     
    It looks like we're moving everything to the sea...
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New Lasers Make Radioactive Waste Safe | EcoGeek | Nuclear, Power, Have, Iodine, Now - 0 views

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  • Right now, we have no idea what to do with this stuff. It's hard to imagine next century, let alone 15 million years from now. Do we really want to leave this stuff lying around? It will almost certainly escape from anywhere we put it.
  • Luckily, scientists are working on ways to avoid these long term problems. British scientists have 'transumted' iodine-129 into iodine-128 with a high-powered laser. Now, dropping one neutron might not seem like a big deal, but the half life of iodine-129 is 15 million years while the half life of iodine 128 is 25 minutes.
  • Sergio Ferreira on 20 Sep 07
     
    Nuclear waste may no longer be a "problem" in a few years...
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AMD adds single-core Athlons to embedded portfolio - 0 views

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  • davidchapman on 20 Sep 07
     
    Compatible with the company's AM2 socket, the AMD Athlon 64 processor Models 2000+, 2600+, and 3100+ feature power envelopes of 8, 15, and 25 Watts, respectively.
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