Storage

Data Storage Vendors Tout Green Solutions

How much being green can help storage vendors boost sales is a much-debated question, Investor's Business Daily reports. A storage vendor that proves it's more green than others can gain a couple percentage points of market ...

Ford, McDonald’s, IBM, Abbott, Time Inc. To Share Sustainability Strategies

With new sustainability initiatives being launched daily, U.S. companies are under increasing pressure to demonstrate their climate change credentials. Corporate Climate Response, a newly announced conference, is pulling together corporate sustainability leaders to talk about ...

CEOs Sign Numerous Environmental Pledges At Global Compact Summit

A flurry of press releases have come out of the Global Compact leaders Summit that's finishing up in Geneva. Top executives of corporations such as Coca-Cola, Petrobras, Fuji Xerox, China Ocean Shipping Group, Tata Steel, L M ...

Top 10 Greenest Companies In The World

The Independent, along with Ethical Investment Research Services, has put together a guide to the greenest companies in the world. 1. Vestas Wind Systems has more than 30,000 wind turbines generating electricity globally ...

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April 2007 (via CEEP) Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate U.S. & China Clean Water and Clean Energy Climate Change, Land Use Change and Invasive Species Photovoltaic Devices ...

AIG, Ben & Jerry’s, Citigroup, Alcoa, Intel, Timberland, Toyota and HP to Debate Climate Change Strategies

Environmental Leader is pleased to be a supporting partner of Ethical Corporation's Climate Change Strategies and Environmental Communication conference: With CEO after CEO now committing to act on climate change, big US brands are scrambling to ...

DocuSign Launches Earth Day 2008 Campaign

Electronic signature service company DocuSign has started marketing for next year's Earth Day by challenging businesses to join in an effort to save over 10 million pieces of paper by Earth Day 2008. DocuSign’s web site ...

PG&E offers Incentives to Increase Data Center Energy Efficiency

Pacific Gas and Electric Company is leading a nationwide coalition of utilities to tackle energy efficiency programs for the high tech sector, focusing on data centers. PG&E says it has developed programs and services ...

Google Plans Largest US Corporate Solar Installation

I Solutions, the systems integration arm of Energy Innovations, will begin constructing a solar electricity system for Google’s Mountain View, California, headquarters campus. With a total capacity of 1.6 megawatts -? enough to supply ...

Xcel Energy Plans US’s Largest Solar Power Plant

Xcel Energy has announced that an affiliate of SunEdison will build, own and operate a 8 megawatt central solar power plant in south central Colorado. The power plant will house two solar ...

Deyo Installs Solar System at Power Manufacturing Plant

Pacific Energy is finishing the installation of 90 of 180 solar panels as part of an energy-efficient system at Deyo, the makers of custom bicycling clothing for Team Voler Apparel, according to the ...

Salt Lake’s Convention Center Gets Grid-Tie Solar System

Carmanah's Power Systems Group recently supplied an order to Pioneer Electric Inc., based out of Salt Lake City, for a customized 20 kW grid-tie solar power system. This grid-tie system will be installed on ...

Carmanah Provides Solar-Powered LED Systems to Marines

Carmanah Technologies has received a $767,270 order to supply FP-50 solar-powered LED general lighting systems for the US Marine Corps. This order will be supplied through a US-based contractor. The FP-50 units are ...

3,800 kW PPL Renewable Energy Park Opens

The 3,800 kilowatt PPL Renewable Energy Park located in Camden County, New Jersey was dedicated recently. It is composed of three power generating plants and was built by PPL Energy Services. The Energy Park features ...

NIH Explores Using Fuel Cells To Power Data Center

The U.S. Department of Energy and the National Institute of Health have begun exploring whether fuel cell technology can be used to power the NIH's data center facilities. But Paul Powell, data center manager for ...

Ice Energy System Tested in California

Ice Energy's The Ice Bear, which is used in conjunction with air conditioners, freezes tap water at night when energy demand and, often, power prices are low. During the day, it circulates standard coolant ...

Nevada Utilities Issues Renewable Energy RFP

Sierra Pacific Resources' two Nevada-based utility subsidiaries, Nevada Power and Sierra Pacific Power Company, have issued a Request for Proposals for renewable energy resources. Proposals will be considered for wind, geothermal, biomass and other non-solar resources ...

Lerner & Tower Go All Green

Lerner Enterprises and The Tower Companies have committed to purchasing 100% wind renewable energy credits for their Washington, D.C. office building, Washington Square and their combined headquarters building in Bethesda, Maryland. Under the terms ...

Solebury Township Aims for 100% Alternative Energy

Pennsylvania's Solebury Township is moving forward with a series of studies that would provide direction for outfitting buildings with solar panels, batteries to collect unused solar energy and mechanical systems that rely on natural underground ...

Bill Could Unlock $100 Million for San Francisco Solar Power

A bill passed by the California Assembly last week would allow San Francisco to use $100 million from a 2001 bond measure for solar energy to build large-scale solar projects at locations such as reservoirs ...