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- Attention renewable energy developers: Grant fund seeks applications
- Transportation and logistics company seeks grant applications for alternative energy projects. by Heather Clancy
- Tags: Developer, Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy, Supply Chain, Transportation, Telecom & Utilities, Business Operations, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2009-11-09
- Copenhagen may not see any real agreement on greenhouse gases
- That's the conclusion of Britain's lead environmental official. He thinks the barriers to reaching agreement on how to pay for reduction of emissions is too high a hurdle to overcome in less than fifty days. The British Prime Minister already tried scolding fellow heads of state. That got...
- Tags: Alternative Energy, Greenhouse Gas, Agreement, Copenhagen, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-10-20
- Most Americans support energy infrastructure overhaul
- OK, we've established that pretty much every high-tech vendor is IN LOVE with the Smart Grid, because of the billions of potential spending associated with it. So, what does the average energy consumer think? Aka, you and me. A new survey that was conducted jointly by PR...
- Tags: Alternative Energy, Survey, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2009-08-16
- Clean Energy Summit
- This conference just concluded in Las Vegas, home of year-round air conditioning, irrigated golf courses and 24/7 elevator banks. Boy, could that city use some clean energy. Renewable energy execs want to see the U.S. move faster into alternative energy. Gee. Example: the CEO of...
- Tags: Alternative Energy, Las Vegas, Conference, Exec, Construction, Government, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-08-11
- The geography of alternative energy in America
- The geography of alternative energy in AmericaRegimeWould you describe the current administration as the current regime?If not, why not?RE: The geography of alternative energy in AmericaEverything seems cool, but for this: If anyone believes he can develop a viable alternative power source and escape the Feds propensity to tax...
- Tags: alternative energy
- Discussion threads 2009-06-11
- The geography of alternative energy in America
- There are areas where alternative energy is increasing in use, and there's the rest of the country. Now there's a map to help you see what's where. It's called Transatlas, using Google mapping tools,and it will show you where you can find alternative fuels for your...
- Tags: Alternative Energy, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-06-10
- Alternative Computing Options for an Alternative Energy Company
- InsynQ services combine computing resources in the data center, increasing the processing power for the clients while using less equipment for the task. And InsynQ services promote the use of thin client technologies, scaling down the equipment requirements for clients and subscribers. Less equipment means less heat generated and less...
- Tags: Alternative Energy, Thin Client, Service, InsynQ, Thin Clients, Printers, Data Centers, Hardware, Peripherals, Storage, Data Management
- White papers 2009-06-09
- What climate negotiators can learn from open source
- Solutions to climate change will not all come from the top down. They won't all resort from mandates. They will come from the bottom-up, from entrepreneurs delivering alternative energy systems because they can make money at it. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Alternative Energy, Open Source, Climate, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2009-06-07
- Green boom busted?
- Green boom busted?Silly thing about investorsThey want a guarantee of a return. And unfortunately this alternative energy thing is a tough nut to crack. The only forms of energy that seem to work reliably and cheaply other than burning things are wind, which is still not so reliable because the...
- Tags: Taxes, Personal finance, Right Now IT, alternative energy, tax
- Discussion threads 2009-06-04
- Dell one-ups rivals with latest renewable energy claim
- First posted on Smartplanet's Business Brains blog. The equations that some companies use to calculate their exposure to alternative energy sources are admittedly somewhat misleading and completely self-serving. Keep in mind that often, when a company says that 50 percent or even 100 percent of its energy...
- Tags: Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy, Dell Computer Corp., Telecom & Utilities, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2009-06-02
- List celebrates 12 of America's greenest cities
- Congratulations Californians. Your cities dominate a new list of the Top 12 greenest cities in the United States, published by Greentech Media. OK, I get that San Jose and its neighbors are doing a lot that warrant their green credentials, but, actually, I'm more interested in the...
- Tags: Alternative Energy, City, Free Trade, Finance, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2009-05-20
- Alternative energy and alternatives to alternative energy
- Alternative energy and alternatives to alternative energyBiofuel is not the answerThe more corn or sugar of whatever you use to make fuel the more it will dirve up food prices. After that you will have large areas of previously unsuitable land used for BF crops which will require huge irrigation...
- Tags: alternative energy, Oboma
- Discussion threads 2009-05-09
- Alternative energy and alternatives to alternative energy
- To change,or simnply more of the same without all that pesky government intervention. To have, or to have not. That seems to be the question. There's now a draft of new federal requirement for alternative energy. And there is a proposed push toward biofuels....
- Tags: Alternative Energy, Biofuel, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-05-08
- Here comes some R and D: nanotech in carville
- Some brave Angelenos will be working on nano-tech for combatting global warming. Yes, right there amid freeways and palpable smog and all the gas-burning cars in Los Angeles, some engineers will be using federal money to find nano-ways to more efficiently capture solar energy. Also, they're looking for...
- Tags: Alternative Energy, Car, California, Nanotechnology, DOE, Telecom & Utilities, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-05-05
- Intel still atop EPA green power list
- Noticed that Harry pointed to a new alternative energy list posted yesterday by the NRDC. Well, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has just updated its quarterly reckoning of the top businesses, government agencies, universities, communities and so on that have made a substantial commitment to using alternative energy sources. ...
- Tags: Alternative Energy, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, KWh, Intel Corp., Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2009-04-28
- What is the smart grid?
- At the Green: Net '09 Conference in San Francisco, Jesse Berst, managing director of Global Smart Energy, breaks the smart grid down into three components: smart devices, two-way communication, and advanced control systems. He explains what each component adds but says it's not just about the components--it's also the value...
- Tags: Component, Grid, green, energy, smart grid, electricity, utility, alternative energy
- Videos 2009-03-25
- America's lag-time in alternative energy
- America's lag-time in alternative energyIt is silly to compare the US to Portugalwhy not compare an elephant to a microbePortugal's population 10 millionUS's 300 milliontry Sweden instead 9 millionEnvironmental whackos with LIESGlobal Warming in a lie and it is proven by the thousands of scientists who are silenced by the...
- Tags: alternative energy
- Discussion threads 2009-03-01
- America's lag-time in alternative energy
- I just blogged about San Francisco applying for a permit to build an offshore wave farm to generate electricity. That's but the second step after deciding to try this tech. It's many more steps before anything is actually placed in the Pacific. And this is San Francisco, positioned next...
- Tags: Alternative Energy, Portugal, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-03-01
- Alternative energy technologies to grow at 40% a year
- Despite a sluggish forecast for the overall high-tech industry in the near term, alternative energies technologies are expected to grow at a 40% annual rate through 2012, and semiconductors used in these applications will see a comparable growth, according to The Information Network. The semiconductor market in 2008 was nearly...
- Tags: Alternative Energy, Semiconductors, Hardware, AM
- Blog posts 2009-02-14
- The Engine vs. Electronics Debate ??? Has the core of SAP really changed with BS7?
- The Engine vs. Electronics Debate ??? Has the core of SAP really changed with BS7?Gasp...nice idea Brian but I hope you're not buying that. We're not seeing that 're-engineering' in ANY of the product detail.
- Tags: BS7, SAP AG, electronics
- Discussion threads 2009-02-04
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