Today’s Industry Voices post addresses a painful reality for American drivers: expensive gas. While damaging to household finances — and our economy, you could argue — this pain at the pump is an opportunity to spark some innovation, accelerating the shift to alternative energy and heading off a bigger crisis down the road, says innovation […]
What if… Solar got the same subsidies as fossil fuels?
Infographic: Your tax dollars at work. For oil, gas and coal companies, that is. 1BOG has cooked up another compelling infographic that illustrates how the odds are stacked against clean energy companies, particularly solar. Every year, the fossil fuel industry (oil, gas and coal) gets billions in subsidies and tax incentives from the U.S. government […]
Startup Plans Wind-Powered Datacenter
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…
Green Stats: U.S. Wind Power
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…