50 percent That’s how much of SAP’s energy use is derived from renewable energy sources (solar, wind, etc.) as of this past quarter ending June 30, 2010. Kudos! Additionally, the enterprise software maker — which also markets carbon accounting software — is reporting huge strides in improving data center energy efficiency and cutting CO2 emissions […]
Genie Lens: Stick-on solar booster
An Englewood, CO-based startup called Genie Lens Technologies has created a film called Fusion — a sticker, for all intents and purposes — that improves solar panel efficiency by up to 10 percent. The best part is that the sticker improves efficiency best under cloudy conditions, when diffuse light makes it tougher for solar panels […]
Urban wind gathers momentum
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 […]
Cleantech + IT = Bloom Energy Server
Bloom Energy Server, eBay Installation – Credit: Bloom Energy Bloom Energy’s fuel cell is making waves this week, starting with a 60 Minutes profile and culminating in today’s official coming out party. (FYI: My colleague Katie at Earth2Tech has some…
Making green data centers less taxing
Want more proof that it makes financial sense to go green in the data center? How about tax incentives for going green? Pursuing energy efficiency strategies for the data center is often viewed as a process that takes a while…
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…
In Pictures: Retro-Green Technology
Deriving energy from the sun and wind may be sparking a technological revolution in the here and now, but it’s actually quite an old pursuit. This neat gallery at Guardian News celebrates those that came before. Worth a look!…
Cleantech News Roundup – Wednesday, July 8
Pickens: World’s Biggest Wind Farm No Longer on Drawing Board – Greentech Media The oil tycoon has scrapped his plans for a 4-gigawatt wind farm in Texas, planning instead to build five or six much smaller wind farms using the…
Cleantech Roundup – Friday, June 12
Green Sector Growing Fastest – Pew Study – Sustainable Business Pew found that jobs in the clean energy economy grew at a national rate of 9.1%, while traditional jobs grew by only 3.7% between 1998 and 2007. There was a…
