Comments on: Apple building solar farm for data center http://gigaom.com/2011/10/25/apple-building-solar-farm-for-data-center/ Fri, 24 May 2013 23:28:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Morrison Hershfield http://gigaom.com/2011/10/25/apple-building-solar-farm-for-data-center/#comment-718625 Fri, 02 Dec 2011 17:50:11 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=427483#comment-718625 Apple building solar farm for #datacenter
http://t.co/4mHe5B3q

]]> By: Greg Slater http://gigaom.com/2011/10/25/apple-building-solar-farm-for-data-center/#comment-717360 Fri, 02 Dec 2011 13:34:17 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=427483#comment-717360 Apple building solar farm for data center http://t.co/uUvUDIwn

]]> By: ávakko http://gigaom.com/2011/10/25/apple-building-solar-farm-for-data-center/#comment-693859 Fri, 25 Nov 2011 10:06:48 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=427483#comment-693859 Que guay! lechugas con manzanita! jajaja RT @vorneointernet: Apple construye un huerto solar para su centro de datos http://t.co/gmezi28D

]]> By: Vorneo Internet http://gigaom.com/2011/10/25/apple-building-solar-farm-for-data-center/#comment-693212 Thu, 24 Nov 2011 22:16:08 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=427483#comment-693212 Apple construye un huerto solar para su centro de datos http://t.co/L8BMQBoh #centrodedatos #apple #energíarenovable

]]> By: Frank http://gigaom.com/2011/10/25/apple-building-solar-farm-for-data-center/#comment-669602 Sat, 29 Oct 2011 16:03:48 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=427483#comment-669602 This raises some good points. My partner and I blog on the sustainability movement from a business perspective (www.greenbusinessmatters.com) and this is a recurring theme. The crux of the clean energy (wind, solar, geothermal) quandary is building a business case for investing in it. In other words, from a business perspective, what is the ROI? Depending on tax credits and incentives, this tends to be at least 5-7 years. If we hope to see less dependence on carbon fuels, we need to figure out business models for alternative energy that shorten this time. We have the technology and we need the jobs. It seems like a nation that can put a man on the moon should be able to figure this out!

]]> By: Ryan Stanton-Wyman http://gigaom.com/2011/10/25/apple-building-solar-farm-for-data-center/#comment-668840 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 23:23:30 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=427483#comment-668840 Doug,
Integrating a solar plant directly with a data center is notoriously difficult. Data centers need very high quality power and PV is, by it’s very nature, quite the opposite; intermittent. The “grid leveling technology” you mention can be solved by energy storage; batteries, flywheels, etc. The integration of renewable energy and energy storage is making progress , but it still has a ways to go: http://www.energystorageblog.com/2011/10/22/emerging-trends-microgrids-and-energy-storage/

]]> By: Selva Kumar http://gigaom.com/2011/10/25/apple-building-solar-farm-for-data-center/#comment-668695 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 15:39:16 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=427483#comment-668695 If one company which make huge difference in the clean technology space that will be Apple. They have the innovation and the money

http://greenconstructionmart.com/

]]> By: Andrew MacDonald http://gigaom.com/2011/10/25/apple-building-solar-farm-for-data-center/#comment-668385 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 22:27:58 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=427483#comment-668385 You want a chufty badge?

]]> By: Dan http://gigaom.com/2011/10/25/apple-building-solar-farm-for-data-center/#comment-668293 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:42:17 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=427483#comment-668293 Nice to see Apple is doing it’s part to save Texas from crippling droughts. Solar is getting a lot cheaper and is probably at grid parity already on larger projects.
If you figure in the cost of extreme climate events witnessed over the last couple of years, from Russia to Texas, Solar is indeed a steal!
Everybody listens to GreenPeace, These guys are literally giving their lives for a better more sustainable tomorrow!
BTW: There is no more climategate nonsense, it has been proven now without a doubt, the world is warming and warming fast!
this from the Economist: The heat is on:
http://www.economist.com/node/21533360

]]> By: Doug King http://gigaom.com/2011/10/25/apple-building-solar-farm-for-data-center/#comment-668278 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 16:48:29 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=427483#comment-668278 Given that solar is intermittent, but a data center needs constant power, the question I would ask is if Apple is implementing some grid leveling technology.

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