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Climate Change, Science & Technology, Apr 2nd, 2010,
So-called ‘cloud computing’ – or basically ‘using the Internet’ to people like you and me – is largely dependent on coal-fired power stations. To be more precise, all Internet use isn’t cloud computing, but web-based computing is huge and increasing all the time. It allows access to all sorts of data and entertainment housed in massive servers or data centers, many of which rely on highly polluting coal. “Make IT Green: Cloud Computing and its Contribution to Climate Change”, shows how the launch of quintessential cloud computing devices like the Apple iPad, which offer users access to the “cloud” of…
Tags: Apple, cloud, coal, computing, Facebook, google, Greenpeace, Internet, power, report, Yahoo
Green living, Science & Technology, Feb 24th, 2010,
In case you haven’t noticed, Google is not really just a search engine anymore. It has even gone so far as to become a verb in more than one language. That, in and of itself, is no mean feat. The Wikipedia entry for Google describes it as a ‘multinational public cloud computing and Internet search technologies corporation’. I don’t know exactly what that means, but ‘public cloud’ gives a pretty good impression of the amorphous brand image that Google has for me: it is one of the number one names in computers and information technology, while remaining just vague enough…
Tags: corporation, electricity, energy, google, public cloud, Reuters, U.S.
Climate Change, Dec 9th, 2009,
Google is well-known for its green initiatives. The company supports and invests in renewable energy, has tons of environmental features available on the Google Earth program, and encourages green initiatives amongst employees. Now they are intending to become directly involved in the deployment of energy technologies. According to Google Director of Climate Change and Energy Initiatives, Dan Reicher: “We’ll make a step soon into energy projects. Energy innovation to me means a real pipeline that goes from basic research to applied research to demonstration projects to the scale up and from there to full commercial deployment. It’s a long pipeline…
Tags: clean energy, Climate change, google, green initiatives
Climate Change, Videos & Documentaries, Oct 29th, 2009,
World leaders, activists, celebrities and youtubers are uploading videos on the COP15 youtube channel to urge governments and citizens to act on climate change. Prime Minister of Denmark Lars Løkke Rasmussen, actress Emma Thomson, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and model Helena Christensen are among some of the bigger names, but also featured are youth representatives and spokespeople from a range of organizations dealing with the issue of climate change. Ordinary youtube users are encouraged to upload their own videos to contribute to the discussion. The ‘best’ will be aired during the COP15 CNN/YouTube TV debate, which takes place on December 15….
Tags: Climate change, cop15, google, Google Earth, youtube
Climate Change, Oct 14th, 2009,
Google has recently announced its partnership with Energy Inc. to help address one major issue we are all facing – climate change. Both companies are developing convenient means to monitor electricity consumption and at the same time make this information accessible to individual consumers in real time. Extensive studies have shown that keeping consumers adequately informed on the rate of their energy consumption is an effective approach to make them understand that individual responsibility can play a significant role in energy conservation. PowerMeter is a home energy software developed by Google.org; this free web-based program illustrates power usage through charts…
Tags: Climate change, energy Inc., energy management, energy-efficient, google
Uncategorized, Sep 10th, 2009,
Reuters reports that Google is investing new mirror technology with a potential to reduce the cost of building solar thermal plants by no less than a quarter or more. According to the company’s green energy specialist Bill Weihl, Google is “looking at very unusual materials for the mirrors both for the reflective surface as well as the substrate that the mirror is mounted on”. Already back in 2007 Google announced its wish to contribute to the research related to the production of affordable renewable energy. To achieve that goal the company has been focusing on solar thermal technology, where the…
Tags: google, renewable energy, solar energy, solar power
