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IBM to increase the amount of renewable electricity it procures

IBM to increase the amount of renewable electricity it procures

By Tom Raftery on March 27, 2015

After returning from IBM’s InterConnect conference recently we chided IBM for their aping of Amazon’s radical opaqueness concerning their cloud emissions, and their lack of innovation concerning renewables. However, some better news emerged in the last few days. The Whitehouse last week hosted a roundtable of some of the largest Federal suppliers to discuss their […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Cloud, electricity, Electricity generation, emissions, greenhouse gas emissions, ibm, Renewable energy, renewables

Don’t forget – where your cloud apps are hosted helps determine their carbon footprint

Don’t forget – where your cloud apps are hosted helps determine their carbon footprint

By Tom Raftery on December 21, 2011

Back in July of this year (2011), the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), in conjunction with Verdantix, released a report titled Cloud Computing – The IT Solution for the 21st Century [PDF warning] which erroneously claims Cloud Computing is Green. Shortly after it was released, I wrote a long post outlining exactly where the report was […]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged AT&T, Carbon Disclosure Project, carbon intensity, cdp, Cloud, Cloud Computing, Cloud Solutions division, co2 emissions, Electricity generation, environmental benefits, green cloud, IT estate, verdantix

Solar Highway

Solar Highway

By Vinnie Mirchandani on July 13, 2010

“Each 12-by-12-foot Solar Roadway panel would produce about 7,600 watt-hours a day, based on an average of four hours of sunlight. At that rate, a one-mile stretch of four-lane highway could power about 500 homes. “If we could ever replace a…

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged Electricity generation, Homes, Restaurants..., Smart Autos, Solar roadway, Sports

Friday Green Numbers round-up 06/25/2010

Friday Green Numbers round-up 06/25/2010

By Tom Raftery on June 25, 2010

Photo credit Unhindered by Talent And here is this week’s Green numbers: Six Infrastructure Projects to Save 1.3 Billion Gallons of Water in Australia Australia is no stranger to tight water supplies, and fortunately that means smart water conservation strategies are being devised all the time. Australia is leading the way in everything from strategies […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged Electricity generation, GreenNumbers, Kilowatt hour, microsoft, Personal computer, Renewable energy, Water conservation

Is there really any need for baseload power?

Is there really any need for baseload power?

By Tom Raftery on March 17, 2010

Photo credit wonderferret The electricity grid may not need “baseload” generation sources like coal and nuclear to backup the variability of supply from renewables. Jon Wellinghof is the Chairman of the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). FERC is an independent agency that amongst other things, regulates the interstate transmission of electricity, natural gas, and […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged baseload, coal, coal fired power, Electricity generation, ferc, Fossil fuel, Nuclear power, Renewable energy, renewables, solar, utilities, Wind power

Should FaceBook’s investors be worried that the site is sourcing energy for its new data center from coal?

Should FaceBook’s investors be worried that the site is sourcing energy for its new data center from coal?

By Tom Raftery on February 23, 2010

Should FaceBook’s investors be worried that the site is sourcing energy for its new data center from primarily coal-fired power? FaceBook is fourth largest web property (by unique visitor count) and well on its way to becoming third. It is valued in excess of $10 billion and its investors include Russian investment company DST, Accel […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Accel Partners, arsenic, bp, climate change, co2, coal, data center, Electricity generation, Facebook, Fossil fuel power plant, Greenhouse gas, Greylock Partners, investor, investor revolt, mercury, PacifiCorp, pollution, radiation, Risk, selenium, shell

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