Comments on: Apple now powering its cloud with solar panels, fuel cells (photos) http://gigaom.com/2013/03/21/apple-now-powering-its-cloud-with-solar-panels-fuel-cells-photos/ Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:42:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Christopher http://gigaom.com/2013/03/21/apple-now-powering-its-cloud-with-solar-panels-fuel-cells-photos/#comment-1323298 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 10:48:21 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=622959#comment-1323298 Noone considering how solar panels are manufactured (in China) and how much natural resources / energy is used and emissions produced when doing so?

]]> By: Jeff Williams http://gigaom.com/2013/03/21/apple-now-powering-its-cloud-with-solar-panels-fuel-cells-photos/#comment-1322445 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 13:47:49 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=622959#comment-1322445 I found one more interesting article about the use of fuel cell technology from a major US utility player… Dominion Resources… I think this is great news that these companies are pushing forward with fuel cell technology!

Fuel Cell Energy Announces Sale of a 14.9MW Fuel Cell Park in Connecticut
http://www.fuelcelltoday.com/news-events/news-archive/2012/december/fuelcell-energy-announces-sale-of-a-149-mw-fuel-cell-park-in-connecticut

Construction of world’s largest fuel cell power plant. (in South Korea? with USA developed fuel cell technology??)
http://www.fuelcelltoday.com/news-events/news-archive/2012/october/construction-of-worlds-largest-fuel-cell-power-plant-expected-to-commence-in-2012

]]> By: Jeff Williams http://gigaom.com/2013/03/21/apple-now-powering-its-cloud-with-solar-panels-fuel-cells-photos/#comment-1322436 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 13:26:05 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=622959#comment-1322436 Found a few links / video that show what municipal wastewater treatment plants and fuel cell technology are achieving. Impressive in my opinion. There are a lot of wastewater treatment plants in the world!

“New fuel cell sewage gas station in Orange County, CA may be world’s first”
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/orange_county&id=8310315

“It is here today and it is deployable today,” said Tom Mutchler of Air Products and Chemicals Inc., a sponsor and developer of the project.

2.8MW fuel cell using biogas now operating; Largest PPA of its kind in North America
http://www.fuelcelltoday.com/news-events/news-archive/2012/october/28-mw-fuel-cell-using-biogas-now-operating-largest-ppa-of-its-kind-in-north-america

Microsoft Backs Away From Grid
http://blogs.wsj.com/cio/2012/11/20/microsoft-backs-away-slowly-from-the-grid/

]]> By: ShauriSPC http://gigaom.com/2013/03/21/apple-now-powering-its-cloud-with-solar-panels-fuel-cells-photos/#comment-1322283 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 23:41:15 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=622959#comment-1322283 It is conservation efforts like this that influence my choice of smartphones and services. Bravo Apple.

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