Tag: business
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Facebook to Power Data Center With Wind
The world’s largest social network has joined the likes of Google and Apple as the latest tech company to use renewable energy to power a data center. Facebook announced today that its Altoona, IA data center will be fully powered by wind by early 2015 when construction is complete and the center is operational. The power…
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Fukushima Floating Wind Turbine Up and Running
Clean wind energy is now being produced just off the coast of Fukushima, the same place where large quantities of radioactive water have been flowing as a result of a 2011 nuclear disaster. An offshore, 2 megawatt (MW) wind turbine became operational this week, according to the consortium operating the turbine as part of an experimental study. Named the Fukushima Mirai,…
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$6 Million Up for Grabs to Strengthen California’s EV Infrastructure
With the most zero-emissions vehicles on the road and the country’s first electric school bus, California’s new competitive grant program will significantly augment its electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure. A big part of that is making even more charging stations available. The California Energy Commission (CEC) began soliciting for a $6 million grant program this month that…
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Global Energy Demand to Grow One-Third by 2035
[caption id="attachment_311889" align="alignright" width="360"] Graphic credit: International Energy Agency[/caption] The International Energy Agency (IEA) released the 2013 edition of its annual World Energy Outlook today, with much of the focus on what could happen in the next two decades. The organization believes that major changes will take place by 2035 when it predicts that total…
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Brad Pitt’s Foundation Embraces Green Building and Solar Energy
Brad Pitt’s foundation on Saturday brought sustainability and green building to an area of Kansas City that struggles with high unemployment and crime rates. Make It Right, Pitt’s six-year-old green building organization, cut the ribbon on Bancroft School Apartments, a former school building that now contains 50 LEED Platinum certified rental units under a solar roof with…