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Ports, Distribution Centers Tab More Than $55M to Cut Emissions

Ports, Distribution Centers Tab More Than $55M to Cut Emissions

The federal/state program is putting up to $50 million toward purchase of alternative-fuel trucks for Southern California ports, while the government is spending nearly $6 million ...

July 13, 2009

DOE Creates National Carbon Capture Center

DOE Creates National Carbon Capture Center

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has launched a new National Carbon Capture Center (NCCC) to speed up the development and testing of new technologies to ...

May 28, 2009

Canada Slates $880M for Clean Energy Fund

Canada Slates $880M for Clean Energy Fund

The Canadian government has announced details of the C$1-billion (approximately $882 million) Clean Energy Fund, which will go to the development and advancement of clean ...

May 22, 2009

Data Storage Group Releases Power Measurement Specifications

Data Storage Group Releases Power Measurement Specifications

The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) has released its initial Green Storage Initiative (GSI) Green Storage Power Measurement Specification for public review and comment. The preliminary specification includes a “Green Storage Taxonomy” ...

January 26, 2009

Wal-Mart Finds Solution to Shipping Woes in Greenbox

Wal-Mart Finds Solution to Shipping Woes in Greenbox

Wal-Mart Specialty Pharmacy has been having problems shipping to the state of Alaska and Hawaii  because of logistics and temperatures issues. Common carriers occasionally hold shipments at a main hub until there ...

December 11, 2008

Xcel Stores Wind Energy Using Giant Batteries

Xcel Stores Wind Energy Using Giant Batteries

Xcel Energy is experimenting with gigantic batteries to store and provide power when it's either too windy or too calm. Xcel's battery unit is expected to be fully on line next spring, ...

November 20, 2008

Ben & Jerry’s Tests ‘Greener’ Freezer

Ben & Jerry’s Tests ‘Greener’ Freezer

Ben & Jerry's announced the launch of a pilot project to test hydrocarbon-based freezers in the U.S. with the hope that it will eventually be approved for long-term use. The company says ...

October 3, 2008

Vattenfall Unveils ‘Almost Emissions-Free’ Power Plant

Vattenfall Unveils ‘Almost Emissions-Free’ Power Plant

Vattenfall recently inaugurated a pilot coal-fired power station which it says, according to Forbes, is "almost emissions-free." Environmentalists were unimpressed. The carbon capture and storage system captures CO2 produced when ...

September 10, 2008

Expert Advice on Green Storage System

Expert Advice on Green Storage System

With rising energy prices, green data centers are becoming more of an economic imperative instead of simply an environmentally-friendly choice. In order to help storage vendors become more eco-friendly, Enterprise Storage ...

August 25, 2008

IBM Says New Modular Data Centers Can Slash Energy Use 50%

IBM Says New Modular Data Centers Can Slash Energy Use 50%

A new IBM modular data center that mimics the power and energy efficiency of IBM's computing hubs can reduce energy costs by up to 50 percent, the company says. IBM says it ...

June 11, 2008

Yahoo Wants First LEED-Gold Data Center In California

Yahoo Wants First LEED-Gold Data Center In California

Yahoo is leasing a corporate data center in a Digital Realty Trust data center which the companies hope will meet LEED Gold certification standards, SunHerald.com reports. DRT was the first company in ...

May 29, 2008

Carbon Sciences Wants To Turn CO2 Into Chalk

Carbon Sciences Wants To Turn CO2 Into Chalk

Carbon Sciences says it can efficiently turn carbon dioxide from smokestacks into chalk for use in drywall and other products.

February 21, 2008

Green Technology Overview

Green Technology Overview

Adam Grosser, general partner of Foundation Capital, describes the different categories of green technology and the challenges they face.

January 28, 2008

Dot Hill Joins Two Green Groups

Dot Hill Joins Two Green Groups

Dot Hill Systems announced it has joined the Green Grid and the Storage Networking Industry Associoation Green Storage Initiative, two organizations aimed at promoting "green" energy-efficient IT solutions. "Energy efficiency in ...

January 24, 2008

SNIA’s Green IT Program Joins Crowded Field

SNIA’s Green IT Program Joins Crowded Field

The Storage Networking Industry Association has formed its own green IT program, eWeek reports. The scope of work for the SNIA Green Storage Initiative will span all shared-storage technologies, including disk and tape ...

October 16, 2007

Apple Tree Natural Gas Plant Captures Vent Stack CO2

Apple Tree Natural Gas Plant Captures Vent Stack CO2

Blue Source is capturing vent stack CO2 flowing from the Apple Tree natural gas processing plant in La Veta, Colorado, to an oil recovery site which the company says is preventing millions of cubic ...

October 10, 2007

88% Of IT Depts Say Storage Vendors Dropping Green Ball

88% Of IT Depts Say Storage Vendors Dropping Green Ball

Eighty-eight percent of North American IT departments say storage vendors should be doing more to improve the energy efficiency of their products, according to a survey of IT executives. And 60 percent said their own ...

October 2, 2007

GridPoint Tops List of 100 Innovative Greentech Companies

GridPoint Tops List of 100 Innovative Greentech Companies

AlwaysOn has released a list of private greentech companies that it feels are transforming the global energy, water, agriculture, transportation, construction, manufacturing, and resource recovery establishments. Hundreds of private companies were nominated for the GoingGreen ...

September 13, 2007

Home Depot Pays $10 Million To Settle Hazardous Waste Case

Home Depot Pays $10 Million To Settle Hazardous Waste Case

Home Depot is paying nearly $10 million to settle a civil case filed by state and Los Angeles County prosecutors over the retailer's failure to properly store and transport hazardous waste, the LA Times ...

August 21, 2007

Advanced Electricity Technologies Could Lower CO2 Control Costs By 50%

Advanced Electricity Technologies Could Lower CO2 Control Costs By 50%

The aggressive development and implementation of a full portfolio of advanced electricity technologies could reduce the economic cost of cutting future U.S. CO2 emissions by more than 50 percent while meeting the continuing growth in ...

August 20, 2007

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