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Solar thermal energy making a comeback

Solar thermal energy making a comebackClever, and innovative. I hope it catches on!n/t :)A step in the right direction...and I have seen this plant. Pretty cool. But we need more, and enough with the cost. You cannot put a $$ figure on the planet or our health and...

Tags: alternative fuel, cell, Solar Thermal

Discussion threads 2007-06-07

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Mayor: Cleantech leaders are finding their way to San Jose

The great thing about visiting my brother and his family in San Jose is that there is almost always a business reason for me to be here. I used my latest trip ending tomorrow to catch up with the mayor of San Jose, Chuck Reed, about his city's aggressive green...

Tags: San Jose, Leader, Clean Technology, Capital Structures, Finance, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-07-22

Do we need to wipe the slate with x86?

  A few days ago an industry colleague and I were having a discussion about Linux and whether or not it is necessary for it to be application compatible or simply just "interoperable" with Windows from a protocol and data exchange standpoint. His view is that Linux...

Tags: Intel X86, Architecture, IBM Corp., Linux, Microsoft Windows, Processors, Operating Systems, Software, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-07-22

Saving money with solar tech

Saving money with solar techSaving money through natural sourceWe all know that green energy is the future of all earthlings.Scientist are doing a lot of inventions to generate energy from natural resource, the prices are exhorbitantly high hence a comman man like me is not able to afford / use...

Tags: SAVING MONEY, Govt

Discussion threads 2008-07-21

California greenlights two renewable energy development projects

Southern California Edison has received the thumbs-up from the California Public Utilities Commission to contract to buy clean energy from two new alternative energy projects. The first, the Granite Wind development in San Bernardino County, will see the construction of a 41-megawatt wind farm slated to come...

Tags: Renewable Energy, California, Photovoltaics, Manufacturing, Telecom & Utilities, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-07-20

You won't hear this winery whine about going green. Some tips for SMBs looking for green tech ideas

I've been trying out organic wines over the past few months because of my growing intolerance for sulfites, but I never really thought about what that meant until I watched one of the ZDNet Green Enterprise videos this weekend. In the case of Frog's Leap Winery,...

Tags: Green Technology, Small And Medium Business, Smb/Sme, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-07-20

Pulling money out of thin air. Or, why wind power should be a neighborly concern.

My mother and I chat a lot about different alternative energy options, mainly because she is lucky enough to live in Hawaii where solar hot water has been mandated for future construction. But one thing that has been ultra controversial on the Big Island has been wind power for the...

Tags: Alternative Energy, Wind Energy, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-07-19

(Photos: Solar players show off their wares)

(Photos: Solar players show off their wares)electrolysis+solar powerI once saw a US company's ad for a set of palladium(why not use carbon?) electrodes that could be plugged into a cigarette lighter.This could be used to plunge into a beaker of outdoor sampled water.The electrolysis would create Chlorine in status nascendi(from...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, photograph

Discussion threads 2008-07-18

Gore's latest attention-getting challenge: Eliminate fossil fuels as an electricity source by 2018

Gore's latest attention-getting challenge: Eliminate fossil fuels as an electricity source by 2018Infogreat info...to bad most want to stay on the bandwagon...politically correct view...passing the LIE around...then understanding Global Warming is a political tools to keep those we dont want in power to stay there.RE: Gore's latest attention-getting challenge: Eliminate...

Tags: global warming, foreign oil, attention-getting challenge, latest attention-getting challenge, oil, Gore, dependence, fossil fuel

Discussion threads 2008-07-18

Gore's latest attention-getting challenge: Eliminate fossil fuels as an electricity source by 2018

Since my blogging buddy Harry Fuller is on vacation this week, I need to pick up the gauntlet and ensure that we've got some good political fodder for those of you who want to debate the existence of global warming and the necessity of reducing our dependence on foreign oil....

Tags: San Jose, Mr., Al Gore, Fossil Fuel, Gore, Blogging, Investment, Internet, Finance, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-07-18

News to know: Google, Microsoft; AMD; Cybercrime arrest

Notable headlines: Earnings wrap: Larry Dignan: Can Dirk Meyer save AMD? News.com: AMD's Ruiz steps off the roller coaster Google earnings fall short; says it can thrive in down economy. Techmeme Sam Diaz: IBM: Big Blue beats expectations Microsoft: $60 billion...

Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., IBM Corp., Keyboards, Digital Cameras, Digital Photography, Asset Management, Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Peripherals, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Components, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-18

A solar cooled air-conditioning system

A solar cooled air-conditioning systemIt occurs to me...This is a great thing, if it can prove efficient enough and cheap enough (mass production, etc.). But I wonder how the power companies really feel about it. If we all use less power, they lose revenue. Is anyone questioning...

Tags: PG&E Corp., Air-Conditioning

Discussion threads 2008-07-17

Are solar-energy materials in short supply?

At the Intersolar and Greentech Media conferences, J. Michael Horowitz of the Stanford Group moderates a discussion on solar-thermal technologies and the challenges solar-energy companies face when acquiring materials. Panelists include Bob Cart of GreenVolts, Andrew McMahan of SkyFuel, Robert Morgan of Ausra, Suvi Sharma of Solaria, and...

Tags: Material, Solar

Videos 2008-07-17

A solar cooled air-conditioning system

Spanish scientists have developed a new eco-friendly air-conditioning system. The researchers are relying on solar energy for cooling their devices. They claim that their technology does not harm the ozone layer and reduces the use of greenhouse gases. The research team has 'designed and built an absorption chiller capable of...

Tags: C, Temperature, Absorption Chiller, Marcelo Izquierdo, AlphaGalileo, C/C++, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-07-17

NVIDIA: Nothing to see here, move along

NVIDIA: Nothing to see here, move alongThe fact that Nvidia is not telling us...the whole story tells us the whole story. If it wasn't "that bad", they wouldn't be afraid to come forward with all the facts. This is typical behavior for a corporation, if the news is...

Tags: Notebooks, Semiconductors, store owner, NVidia Corp., laptop computer, Hewlett-Packard Co.

Discussion threads 2008-07-17

News to know: Google; Microsoft; eBay; SAP; Apple

Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Google's second quarter: What to expect   Deb Perelman: The Techie Hall of Shame Phil Wainewright: How much is a unit of cloud computing? Joe McKendrick: Seven SOA experts explain how to 'just do it' Robin...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Yahoo! Inc., SAP AG, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., eBay Inc., Laptop Computer, Notebooks, Security, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets

Blog posts 2008-07-17

Photos: Solar players show off their wares

Makers of consumer and utility-scale solar equipment display their goods at Intersolar 2008. by CNET News.com

Tags: CNET News.com

Image galleries 2008-07-16

Saving money with solar tech

It's not cheap to power a home these days. Could solar-energy tech be the solution? At the Intersolar North America exhibition in San Francisco, CNET's Kara Tsuboi finds a few products that could help bring sunshine to your wallet.

Tags: Tech, News, kara tsuboi, intersolar, solar, green tech, comsumer electronics, home remodeling, environment, global warming

Videos 2008-07-16

Evaluating the cost of solar

J. Michael Horowitz of the Stanford Group moderates a discussion on ‘green‘ finance and operational and maintenance costs associated with new solar projects at the Intersolar Conference 2008 and Greentech Media conference. Panel guests include Bob Cart of GreenVolts, Robert Morgan of Ausra, Suvi Sharma of Solaria, and John...

Tags: Cost, Conference, Financial Accounting, Finance, Solar

Videos 2008-07-16

The Green Enterprise: Frog's Leap Winery

Green strategies are at the heart of operations at Frog's Leap Winery. Innovations include a solar installation on the vineyard grounds, a LEED-certified hospitality center and geothermal technologies that are powering the company's heating and cooling system. ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das talks with Jonah Beer, the winery's general manager, and...

Tags: Winery, Geothermal Energy, Solar, The Green Enterprise

Videos 2008-07-15