Harnessing energy from the nation’s roadways isn’t a new idea but TAK Studio has a neat and visually striking twist on the idea. As its name plainly implies, Turbine Light combines roadside lighting (LED?) with a turbine that captures wind…
Inspiration: William Kamkwamba
In covering green IT, or technology in general, I don’t have to look far for people that exhibit ingenuity and passion. (And make a buck, who are we kidding.) William Kamkwamba of Malawi stands apart, and not because he…
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…
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…
Green IT News Roundup – Thursday, April 23
Go green: Turn off your computer with your iPhone/iPod Touch – CrunchGear Why didn’t any of us think of this? The creator of a VLC controller app for the iPhone has just released a clever little app that turns off…
Cleantech News Roundup – Friday, April 17, 2009
Sun Catalytix lands funds for “solar fuel” – VentureBeat While little is known about Sun Catalytix’s forthcoming products, its founder, MIT chemistry professor Daniel Nocera, has long been involved in research on hydrogen gas made with only sunlight and water….
