Daily Sprout

Green Data Center Guidelines: Data Center Knowledge reports, “The Green Data Center Alliance (GDCA) received a grant that will underwrite the creation of guidelines for data centers to significantly lower their energy consumption. The $500,000 in funding from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) will bring together both data center owners and power utilities.”

Chevy Volt in Austin, NY First: CNET says that 8,000 Volts will be made available to a handful of cities including Austin and New York.

Not Just About Smart Meters: Green Biz says, “Utilities need to go beyond the smart meter and use a range of energy-feedback tools to achieve significant reductions in customers’ power consumption and their electricity bills, new research shows.”

Let’s Face It, Population Growth is A Problem: Climate change is a result of too many people using too many fossil-fuel based resources, and at a certain point there’s just gonna be too many of us.

From Natural Gas to Green Chemicals: Siluria, a startup with a catalyst to convert natural gas into chemicals, came out of stealth this week with a Kleiner Perkins investment.

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