Technology
Alstom, We Energies and EPRI Tout Early Carbon Capture Success
Alstom, We Energies and The Electric Power Research Institute have demonstrated the feasibility of using chilled ammonia to capture 90 percent of flue stream carbon dioxide produced by a coal-fired power plant. Read More
Soros Pledges to Invest $1B in Cleantech
Hedge fund guru George Soros becomes latest billionaire investor to unveil plans for investing in the fight against climate change. Read More
Apple Becomes Latest Company to Abandon U.S. Chamber Over Climate
In what is rapidly becoming the trend of the moment, Apple has become the latest company to leave the U.S. Chamber of Commerce over the Chamber's opposition to climate change legislation. Read More
IBM's Data Center Remodel Saves 98 Percent of Costs, Boosts Capacity 8x
In an hour-long webcast, IBM vice president Steven Sams showed how putting the company's own technology to work on overhauling its Lexington, Ky., data center highlights the potential of energy efficient IT projects. Read More
The Green Cloud: Hype or Reality?
Positioned at the top of Gartner's Hype Cycle, cloud computing is among the hottest trends in IT right now; but is it just another fad, or is the future of green computing practices? Read More
FPL: America's No. 1 Wind Power
FPL doesn’t attract much attention, but with 2008 revenues of more than $16 billion, about 39,000 megawatts of generating capacity, and more than 15,000 employees in 27 states and Canada, the company has become a leading generator of low-carbon energy. Read More
Inside Newsweek's New Green Corporate Rankings
A near-Herculean effort, Newsweek's new list of the greenest companies in the S&P 500 Index may be imperfect -- and are sure to be debated -- but they may also be the best effort to date to assess the mainstream corporate marketplace in the U.S. Read More
Data Center Designer Achieves PUE of 1.05
KC Mares, a veteran designer of large-scale data centers, writes in a recent blog post that he has achieved what would be industry-leading levels of energy efficiency for the same cost or lower than building less-efficient facilities. Read More
Inside Microsoft's New 'Purpose-Built' Data Lab
The company's new Redmond Ridge computing facility -- don't call it a data center -- signals a shift in how R&D happens in Redmond, and offers a look at green IT within the company. Read More
Solyndra Breaks Ground for New 500MW Solar Panel Plant
Thin film solar-panel maker Solyndra Inc., recipient of the DOE's first loan guarantee to back innovative technology, has begun construction of a second manufacturing plant. Read More