First it was the London Array; now its the UK’s Cirrus Array that’s getting the cold shoulder from Royal Dutch Shell, dealing the latest blow to the UK wind market. Netherlands-based Shell confirmed with the Sunday Times that the planned 270-megawatt Cirrus Array offshore wind project […] Read more »
Netherlands renewable energy developer Econcern announced today that it’s expanding its wind development into China with plans to invest €863million ($1.1 billion) into onshore wind farms in the country. Venture-backed Econcern is teaming up with some big players for the move: CNOOC New Energy, part of […] Read more »
The head of the UK’s Environment Agency said today that his country needs to produce a comprehensive, long-term strategy for investing in renewable energy, environmental technology, energy efficiency, and carbon capture and storage (hat tip to the Guardian). As part of its push for a cleaner […] Read more »
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Coal mines are the last thing that come to mind when thinking about renewable energy, but a new partnership between UK Coal and Peel Group, a UK power company, plans to turn more than a dozen former coal mine sites into renewable power plants, putting up […] Read more »
When I am in my office I am connected to most everyone I need to work with through some sort of Instant Messaging service. I find it convenient to be able to stay connected and have quick discussions. It is outside of the office where things […] Read more »
London-based oil giant BP has changed its renewable energy tune, moving its investments in wind to the more favorable U.S. onshore market, and dropping plans for wind developments in the UK, China, India and Turkey. Read more »
Despite the winds of green job creation starting to blow across the U.S., the UK’s ambitious goal of supplying a third of its electricity from wind by 2020 is starting to look like it could be unachievable. Read more »
It seems like we can find almost everything we need through Google Maps — even the best place to put a new wind farm or a solar power plant. Renewable energy prospectors can now assess potential sites with the click of a mouse using 3TIER’s high-resolution […] Read more »
Hello everyone! I am one of the new writers here at The Apple Blog. The team here is great and they have been very welcoming. Most of my history with Apple dates back to the late 80′s when I purchased my first Mac — an SE with […] Read more »
The wind energy industry, perhaps the most mature cleantech sector, is truly global in scope. Just look at the wind energy news stories coming across the wire today. Here’s a roundup of recent wind energy plays from all over the world: Ethiopia Signs $285M Deal for […] Read more »
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Telecommunications provider Ericsson is putting some wind power into its network with a new radio communications tower unveiled today. The Swedish telecom partnered with turbine maker Vertical Wind AB and Uppsala University to incorporate a vertical-axis wind turbine into the tower that houses radio base stations […] Read more »
Speculation has surfaced recently that StumbleUpon, a social media utility that was acquired by eBay in April 2007 for around $75 million, was back on the market. If true, I think eBay should sell it to Digg in exchange for equity in the combined entity. Before you call me crazy, hear me out. Continue Reading. Read more »
PPLive, a Singapore Shanghai-based start-up that has a P2P video platform for distributing television in Asia has developed a way to accelerate and distribute Flash videos over peer-to-peer networks. The application called PPVA, sits in your task bar and when it detects a Flash video stream, it […] Read more »
The wind-turbine manufacturing leader Vestas gave the the Democratic National Convention a gusty green-power presence. What do the Republicans have at their event? Wind energy bragging rights. The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) announced this morning in Minneapolis at the RNC that the U.S. has installed […] Read more »
The West Virginia state motto goes “Montani semper liberi” or “Mountaineers are always free.” But the coal-filled mountains of the Appalachia aren’t free and for decades have been owned by big coal companies, which have been content to extract the coal and destroy the mountain in […] Read more »
It’s just a matter of time now before someone writes another one of those “wind in its sales” headlines, this time about Vestas Wind Systems. It is just the kind of bottom-branch fruit that looks appetizing to an editor starved for inspiration. Here’s why: Vestas, the […] Read more »
Poor Morgan Freeman can’t get a break lately; he’s getting a divorce, was in a serious car crash, and now it comes out his online movie service is non-operational. ClickStar, launched in 2006, released movies like 10 Items or Less and Lonely Hearts soon after their […] Read more »
GE Energy Financial Services today said it is investing $141 million into a wind farm owned by Spanish renewable energy developer and wind turbine maker Acciona. The 180 megawatt Tatanka Wind Farm, on the North Dakota-South Dakota border, uses 120 Acciona 1.5 megawatt turbines and went […] Read more »
Following recent news that two solar companies were braving listings in public markets, two more bold candidates recently threw their hats into the ring. One of them is STR Holdings, short for Specialized Technology Research. The Enfield, Conn.,-based company has two lines of revenue: It makes […] Read more »
GE Energy Financial Services, the investment arm of General Electric, said today that its investments in renewable energy have surpassed the $4 billion-mark with the investment of $100 million into three New York wind farms. In just five months, GE has added a billion dollars’ worth […] Read more »
Recently, I did a post on video applications and utilities that can be of use to web workers. The readers weighed in with a lot of alternative selections in the comments, and I’ve got four more offbeat suggestions that I like, three of which are free. […] Read more »
Although a public offering from a solar installer met a chilly response on the Street this week, one of cleantech’s most mature industries, wind energy, might have an IPO of its own soon. Riding high on record wind installations, Noble Environmental Power, a developer and operator […] Read more »
We’ve all seen web 2.0 services with teething pains, but here’s one with a high-profile stumble right out of the gate: HP’s Upline file storage and sharing service, announced just a couple of weeks ago (our coverage), has suspended operations. According to an email sent by […] Read more »
Like a ballet, a patent lawsuit has dozens of carefully orchestrated steps, and today’s judgment against Limelight Networks marks the beginning of the exciting part of the show, which could drag on for years, or get cut short by a settlement. Earlier today a jury in […] Read more »
Computerworld covered it earlier, but I see an official press release from BenQ on their MID. Nothing too detailed other than some bits about the user interface and general capabilities that we already knew about. Apparently however, the desktop icons will flip sideways as you drag […] Read more »
My friend, and founder, Amy Lang, has about as well-rounded a portfolio of experience as any startup-type could hope for. Having begun her career in recruiting at Arthur Andersen, Amy was a pre-IPO staffer at Netscape, then worked at Oracle, and later went to Yahoo! where […] Read more »
Online video distribution startup Hulu has added high-definition content, one of the first tests of the new Adobe Flash Player that was released today, which supports streaming HD. Hulu’s HD content is limited, just a gallery of sample movie trailers and clips from Universal and Fox […] Read more »
Alltel Wireless wants to throw a big thank you to their customers in the Phoenix area and is bringing the Goo Goo Dolls to town for a free concert. The concert will be held at 5:30 pm in the Scottsdale Civic Center Plaza on Saturday, Dec. […] Read more »
Demonoid is Down; popular BitTorrent tracker and web site has been offline for 24 hours, allegedly because of the Canadian Recording Industry Association. (TorrentFreak) MSN to Limit Pre-Roll Ads; ad scheduling will now be based on the amount of time a viewer spends on the site […] Read more »
There’s no debate that the iTunes Store has been a tremendous success. It’s rapidly rising through the charts of music retail outlets, recently passing up Amazon.com. Much of the credit can be given to the wide array of offerings available, to be sure, but I believe […] Read more »
Fujitsu obviously reads jkOnTheRun and have just posted Vista drivers for the P1610! Here’s whats available now: Read more »
December is one of the busiest months for gaming… for obvious reasons. The holiday season pushes game sales way up, and, of course, it doesn’t hurt that most companies wait to release their newest products right before the busiest shopping time of the year. To that […] Read more »
C/Net News.com reports that John Bombard, a Florida man who hacked Akamai back in 2004 has pled guilty and is facing upto two years in prison and a fine of upto $100,000 Read more »
We told you about CoolCamera from Ateksoft a while back and they have informed me there is a new beta version of the program available that adds new features and supports additional devices. CoolCamera works on HTC smart phones and provides total control over the camera […] Read more »
I know that "free" means something can’t get cheaper, but Skype, Gizmo Project and other P2P VoIP services just got relatively less expensive. The FCC voted unanimously to tax VoIP services that use public telephone networks for their traffic. If you’re a customer of Vonage, CallVantage, […] Read more »
Don’t forget to submit your productivity tips to enter our contest and be eligible for a full copy of MindManager. We have 3 Windows copies and 3 Mac copies to give away to the entrants we select as the best productivity tips so get your entries in. You […] Read more »
Xero Mobile, a MVNO with roots going back to the infamous Gizmondo device company has now gone public by executing a reverse merger with a shell company. This is the kind of move which waves all sorts of red flags. Never mind it doesn’t have a […] Read more »
So finally the day is coming to an end, and I have to feel pretty good about what I got done: 1. The Column 2. The emails. 3. Nokia phone stuff, reviews to be written but that’s okay, since that’s not quite urgent. 4. Paid the […] Read more »
I am sitting here hitting my head against the wall. Literally. In a move that no one on the planet can understand Macromedia has stopped providing the free Flash Player for Pocket PC and replaced it with a paid stand alone program that costs $499. I’m […] Read more »
Frost & Sullivan says that the North American VoIP residential revenues will hit $4.07 billion by 2010, up 1300% from 2004 sales of $295.1 million. Do some math here, you can very quickly find out that the numbers paint a pretty bleak picture for most VoIP […] Read more »
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