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