Apple unveils $2B plans for Irish and Danish data centers
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Apple is set to spend €1.7 billion ($1.93 billion) on two new European data centers, one in Ireland and one in Denmark.…
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Apple is set to spend €1.7 billion ($1.93 billion) on two new European data centers, one in Ireland and one in Denmark.…
Following Amazon’s quiet commitment to use 100 percent clean energy for its AWS cloud, on Tuesday Amazon announced that it will support…
New investments in clean energy — from project financing to government funding to VC — rebounded in 2014 to $310 billion invested…
Japanese telecom giant SoftBank is investing $7 million in startup Altaeros Energies, which has developed a helium-filled wind turbine that looks like…
Exclusive: Hawaii’s Energy Excelerator is looking for its second class of innovative energy startups, both seed and growth stage.
Microsoft gets into the game of buying clean power directly from a power company for a data center in Texas.
Canadian carrier Wind launched a Nexus 5 pre-registration page with official photos of the device and a near-complete spec list.
Google’s latest clean power play takes the search engine giant all the way to a Swedish wind farm, which will eventually crank out and pump clean power across the country to a data center in Finland.
Despite a lot of hand wringing this year, various cleantech sectors are on the difficult path to market maturation, and not necessarily in a “crisis.”
Singapore’s StarHub has taken its 4G fate into its own hands, revealing today it will shut down part of its 2G network to make room for LTE, rather than wait around for new 4G spectrum to materialize. Its LTE network goes live this year.
While wind power is one of the cheapest forms of clean power, it’s also one of the most fickle, and to combat that problem, utilities are experimenting with energy storage, and in particular batteries.
In a difficult year for clean energy we need as many calls to action as possible. Here’s a 7 point plan for clean energy that Michael Liebreich, CEO and founder of Bloomberg’s New Energy Finance, showed off on Tuesday morning:
In the telecom and Internet worlds, it’s standard to re-route data over different lines when one path is overloaded. But not so much, when it comes to the power grid. However, a newly-emerged startup called Varentec, backed by Khosla Ventures, is looking to change all that.
While we take a stable electrical grid for granted in the developed world, that’s often not a certainty in the developing world, which can make running a business quite difficult. Airtel Nigeria has complained that 70 percent of its wireless downtime results from power supply issues.
eMeter’s Chris King explains that like any disruptive technology, the growing flocks of wind turbines and expanding acres of solar-equipped rooftops around the world are causing temporary growing pains for the energy industry. Good thing there are also solutions.
This weekend in the final leg of my trip to India with Geeks on a Plane, we stopped by GE’s research center in Bangalore. While GE works on a variety of technology at the center, I focused on the energy research that GE is conducting there.
Twenty-one cleantech startups from across the U.S. competed for a grand prize of $250,000 in investment and services at this year’s Cleantech Open Business Competition. And the winners are . . .
Is Oregon the next promised land for clean technology? The Beaver State has, in recent years, has been trying to position itself as a major player with regards to support for green energy, electric vehicle development and more.
Aquion Energy, which is developing a low-cost battery for the power grid made from sodium and water, has closed $20 million of a planned $30 million round and has brought on investor Foundation Capital in addition to existing investor Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.
The common thread in greentech is: China. The country, which has been the world’s key growth engine for clean energy and green technology over the past few years, has begun to see some weakness, and that’s causing ripple effects through the global green economy.
After a week of announcing five loan guarantees for solar projects, the Department of Energy is turning the spotlight on wind energy, on Tuesday, announcing the backing of a $135.76 million loan for a wind farm in New Hampshire.
Global clean energy investment fell to $31.1 billion in the first three months of this year, its lowest quarterly total in two years, Bloomberg New Energy Finance reported Friday. That contrasts with an uptick in greentech venture capital investing in Q1.
Battery startup Xtreme Power just landed its biggest grid energy storage deal yet, a 36-megawatt battery for Duke Energy. Could its secretive, solid-state energy storage technology challenge sodium sulfur and lithium ion for reigning grid champion?
An op-ed piece in the Wall Street Journal is calling Republicans to get rid of “green pork” — a grant program that covers nearly a third of the cost of installing renewable energy generation projects.
Energy Secretary Steven Chu stopped by Google headquarters on Friday to talk about green technology. He would like China to invest in America’s green future, not own it. To challenge China’s growing lead, the U.S. may have to boost its support of homegrown technologies.
Many of the initiatives detailed at this week’s Clean Energy Minsterial seem more like pledges to figure out how to reach green energy goals and gain access to necessary data than a definite road map with all the answers in place.
Online invoicing service FreshBooks today announced a new integration with Salesforce, enabling Salesforce users to automatically bill through FreshBooks without leaving the Saleforce interface. The integration is made possible through the use of a third-party app, DataSynch OnDemand for FreshBooks & Salesforce by Pervasive Software.
Nobody likes high-voltage transmission lines running through their backyards, not even in the energy-loving heart of Texas. Recently a group of landowners (the Heart of Texas Landowners Coalition) persuaded the state’s regulators to force utility Oncor to reroute a $100 million transmission line around their property.
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3TIER, a startup based in Seattle, Wash., has a deceptively simple goal: Help accelerate renewable energy projects by providing access to reliable…
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Obama Nobel Speech: Climate Action Needed for Peace: “In accepting the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo today, President Obama touched briefly on…
The wind power industry is more developed than most types of renewable energy, but one segment — small wind power systems with…
TPI Composites, which builds lightweight wind turbine blades, on Thursday announced it completed a $26 million round of funding. The deal was led…
Senate Panel Green Lights Climate Bill, Sans GOP: Sen. Barbara Boxer has moved the energy and climate bill out of the Environment…
As utilities start to build large solar projects and solar power makes up an increasingly larger portion of the electricity mix, integrating…
Twitter has finally implemented Lists, a much-needed feature. Assuming you have Lists enabled (and Twitter is still rolling it out, so some…
Apple’s (s APPL) iPhone has apps for Car 2.0, for home energy management and for fuel efficiency. Now here’s one for clean…
Green jobs have become a sort of mantra of late among the political left, with supporters looking to clean-energy sectors to produce…
GE (s GE) is upping its stake in technologies designed to make and use electricity more efficiently. The company’s investment arm, GE…
Here are some interesting posts from around the ‘Net to catch up with over the weekend: CNET: “Facebook’s mounting customer service crisis”…
Web forms can be complicated or they can be easy. For a while now, FormSpring has been in the business of making…
General Electric (S GE) has never hidden its intention to gobble up startups with promising technology in order to expand its business.…
If California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has his way, utilities in the state will get at least a third of their energy from…
Wind power innovators are poised to get a $1 billion boost from Washington — that is, if the Senate goes along with…
Slow Going for Solar Phones: “Solar technology in mobile computing devices is still impeded by performance and price issues and isn’t likely…
What About Charging?: The Department of Energy is spending $2.4 billion to help develop technology for electric vehicles, but relatively little has…
Information is leaking out about an Android (s goog) phone from Motorola (s mot) which is rumored to be the first such…
Nissan, EnerDel Team Up for Battery Research: Lithium-ion battery maker EnerDel (an Ener1 (s HEV) subsidiary) and Nissan (s NSANY) Motor Co.…
Last year’s oil spike feels like a distant memory, but to remind you, oil prices surpassed $147 per barrel last July, with…
The feds on Thursday unveiled guidelines to provide $3 billion in grants for renewable energy projects including solar, wind and biomass. The…
Smart Grid Challenge: Can competing smart grid models “challenge and complement one another, or will they be driven by infighting—over standards, regulations,…
I wish more handset makers would simply include a stand with their phones. Very few do, but as we consume more video…
Brace yourselves, pessimists: The latest wind market outlook for next year is a sunny one. The firm Emerging Energy Research said this…
Those small wind turbines you see in rural backyards and on urban rooftops — defined as 100 kilowatts or less by wind…
Two items caught my eye today: SanDisk CEO Eli Harari explaining how we are counting down to the end of Moore’s Law in terms of electrons per cell, and news that Apple will increase the speed of its processor by 1.5 times to 600 MHz, making it easier for the iPhone to render web pages and enhance application usage. The two stories elicited a similar response from me: Why are we measuring Moore’s Law using a yardstick from the PC era? In today’s world, don’t megabits per second (Mbps) matter more than the MIPS?
The energy industry has had it up to here with delays in the Department of Energy loan guarantee program. Like Energy Secretary…
While some users are experiencing unpleasant issues thanks to Apple’s (s aapl) recent 10.5.7 update for OS X, others have plenty of…
Is that the wind you’re hearing? No, it’s a collective sigh of relief from UK wind advocates. Plans for the world’s largest…
Duke Energy (s duk) is keeping an eye out for distressed assets such as wind farms that other companies are willing to…
For Deeya Energy, good things come in threes. The Fremont, Calif.-based startup, which is working on energy storage technology for three applications…
Uncle Sam, Hybrid Car Salesman: Soon the Obama administration and whoever is running GM and Chrysler will have to confront the challenge…
Taking note of every rejection from the App Store would be a full-time job, so we generally just report on ones that…
3TIER began with immodest ambitions, dubbing its plan to measure and map the planet’s total wind, solar and hydro power potential the…
Solar and wind companies trying to build big projects on U.S. public lands can breathe a sigh of relief — the long…
China Mulls Carbon Tax: Government researchers in China are expected to issue preliminary proposals for a carbon tax within a month. Yes,…
Sure, offshore wind is more expensive than that captured on land, but it’s often windier out there on the water, which means…
Wind power generation was up 50 percent in the U.S. last year, according to an industry report released today, but wind companies…
Despite the big benefits of offshore wind, there are still no wind turbines in the waters off the coast of the United…
Offshore wind can be an expensive undertaking, so the more partners a development can have, the better. Norway’s StatoilHydro (s STO) said…
If you read this blog, and if you work primarily online, then chances are you’ve used your fair share of web applications.…
Layoffs continue to blow through the wind industry, even despite recent government efforts to build up the sector and spur green job…
I’m a fan of automobile-computer analogies, and Kaufman Bros. analyst Shaw Wu came up with a dandy in a research note last…
Oil Demand Set to Drop: Today the International Energy Agency lowered its estimate for 2009 global oil demand, saying demand will drop…
EPA Reveals Emission Reporting Plan: The U.S. EPA proposed a comprehensive system for reporting greenhouse gas emissions today. The new rule would…
Alt-Fuel Freeway: The governors of California, Oregon and Washington are considering a plan to make Interstate 5 a “green freeway,” installing batter…
Ford Sees EV-Filled Future: Ford Motor Co (s F) expects electric vehicles to represent a “major portion” of its lineup within 10-12…
[qi:083] The financial results are in, so in order to give you guys an idea of how the major U.S. carriers are…
Do you mind map? Do you like to brainstorm with others using software that helps focus your ideas and prioritize project plans?…
The Crown Estate, which manages property in the UK, has picked 10 projects today for offshore wind development in Scotland, paving the…
Wind turbine makers are aiming ever higher to get more power from the giant machines, building turbines that pack more of an…
Some long-awaited rules and regulations related to offshore renewable development could be introduced in the U.S. this year, potentially cutting the red…
Finavera Forfeits Wave Power Permits: Finavera Renewables plans to give up its FERC license for two Pacific Coast wave energy pilot projects…
First, Clipper Windpower laid off some workers. Now the Carpinteria, Calif.-based turbine maker is cutting its production for 2009, blaming a rocky…
In the Money: VantagePoint Venture Partners said in Davos this weekend that it plans to invest more than $1 billion in 10…
There wasn’t much cash for cleantech in the proposed 2009 federal budget for Canada that was released this week, especially when compared…
With serious questions being raised about the costs of the world’s largest planned offshore wind farm, the London Array, and the never-ending…
Wind is a bourgeoning industry, one in which promising developments, such as First Wind’s opening of the 57-megawatt Stetson wind farm in…
The House Ways and Means Committee yesterday approved $20 billion in incentives for wind and solar energy projects and efficiency improvements to…
Things are looking up for renewable energy, according to the latest figures from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The agency just released…
It may not have arrived at Macworld, as some thought possible, but it looks like we could yet see a quad-core iMac…
It’s not a good sign when an oil-rich emirate questions the economic viability of a massive offshore wind farm that’s already lost…
Doing a Martin Luther King Jr. vid picks on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day — not to mention the day before America…
The controversial Cape Wind offshore project in Massachusetts took a step closer to becoming a reality on Friday, receiving a favorable review…
Fairfield, Conn.-based General Electric (s GE) is already one of the biggest manufacturers of wind turbines in the world, but it could…
The governor of Rhode Island signed a final agreement yesterday with Deepwater Wind for a big offshore wind farm for the tiny…
It’s hard to ignore the massive growth of the wind industry over the past decade, but a German watchdog group says that’s…
Laying out his plan for economic stimulus yesterday afternoon, President-elect Barack Obama called for the U.S. to double renewable energy production within…
Wind energy company Ecotricity has launched an investigation into what caused blades to spontaneously snap off one of its wind turbines in…
FPL Group (s FPL) has given its energy generation business a flashy new name, changing it from FPL Energy to NextEra Energy…
Cleantech startups were a bright spot in terms of overall venture funding in 2008. But while the sector pulled in record investment…
Iowa E85 Tanks Up: Iowa’s Renewable Fuel Infrastructure Program board has awarded $1.52 million to 43 applicants for E85 and biodiesel infrastructure,…
Wind turbines in the UK may have suddenly become less environmentally friendly according to a new formula used to calculate carbon offset…
Bring On the Renewables: A new study suggests California’s electric grid may be able to handle three times as much wind and…
We know that you don’t want to release a netbook, Mr. Jobs, and we respect your stance that you don’t want to…
As the UN climate change talks continue in Poland, the European Commission announced today that it’s picked the first set of investments…
First it was the London Array; now its the UK’s Cirrus Array that’s getting the cold shoulder from Royal Dutch Shell (s…
American Electric Power Co. (s aep), the country’s largest producer of electricity from coal, has begun studying the possibility of building a…
Netherlands renewable energy developer Econcern announced today that it’s expanding its wind development into China with plans to invest €863million ($1.1 billion)…
UK to Cut Emissions: The UK government’s Climate Change Committee issued its first report today, calling for greenhouse gas emissions to drop…
Lights Out: Shell exec Jeroen van der Veer told the Confederation of British Industry today while the financial crisis will pass, the…
The head of the UK’s Environment Agency said today that his country needs to produce a comprehensive, long-term strategy for investing in…
Coal mines are the last thing that come to mind when thinking about renewable energy, but a new partnership between UK Coal…
The Scottish government believes the North Sea could become host to an underwater renewable energy grid, supplying power from wind, wave and…
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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.
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.
It seems like we can find almost everything we need through Google Maps — even the best place to put a new…
Hello everyone! I am one of the new writers here at The Apple Blog. The team here is great and they have been…
The wind energy industry, perhaps the most mature cleantech sector, is truly global in scope. Just look at the wind energy news…
Telecommunications provider Ericsson (s ERIC) is putting some wind power into its network with a new radio communications tower unveiled today. The…
Swedish telecommunications provider Ericsson is putting some wind power into it network with a new wind-power radio communications tower unveiled today. The wind-powered Tower Tube uses a vertical-axis turbine from Vertical Wind AB to help power the radio base stations and antennas.
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…
The hard drive in notebooks just keeps getting bigger with the release of the Western Digital Scorpio Blue 500 GB drive. The…
The wind-turbine manufacturing leader Vestas gave the the Democratic National Convention a gusty green-power presence. What do the Republicans have at their…
The West Virginia state motto goes “Montani semper liberi” or “Mountaineers are always free.” But the coal-filled mountains of the Appalachia aren’t…
It’s just a matter of time now before someone writes another one of those “wind in its sales” headlines, this time about…
Poor Morgan Freeman can’t get a break lately; he’s getting a divorce, was in a serious car crash, and now it comes…
GE Energy Financial Services today said it is investing $141 million into a wind farm owned by Spanish renewable energy developer and…
Dell has launched a pilot program to provide high-performance computing systems to European universities and other organizations. The market for high-performance computing…
Following recent news that two solar companies were braving listings in public markets, two more bold candidates recently threw their hats into…
Although a public offering from a solar installer met a chilly response on the Street this week, one of cleantech’s most mature…
TechnoSpin, a New York-headquartered small-scale wind turbine maker with big-time plans, has raised $8 million in a Series A financing that was…
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…
There’s a slight irony about being a web worker and staying in your home office most of the time. You have the…
Like a ballet, a patent lawsuit has dozens of carefully orchestrated steps, and today’s judgment against Limelight Networks marks the beginning of…
As much as I enjoy using a Nokia N800 Internet Tablet, it’s not without its challenges. First and foremost to me is…
IBM today announced a new mainframe, z10, targeting the enterprise data centers, that consumes 85 percent less power than traditional x86 servers…
Computerworld covered it earlier, but I see an official press release from BenQ on their MID. Nothing too detailed other than some…
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In our increasingly digital world, power is one of the main “cost centers” and most large Internet and telecom companies are grappling…
Demonoid is Down; popular BitTorrent tracker and web site has been offline for 24 hours, allegedly because of the Canadian Recording Industry…
There’s no debate that the iTunes Store has been a tremendous success. It’s rapidly rising through the charts of music retail outlets,…
Fujitsu obviously reads jkOnTheRun and have just posted Vista drivers for the P1610! Here’s whats available now:
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C/Net News.com reports that John Bombard, a Florida man who hacked Akamai back in 2004 has pled guilty and is facing upto…
We told you about CoolCamera from Ateksoft a while back and they have informed me there is a new beta version of…
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Xero Mobile, a MVNO with roots going back to the infamous Gizmondo device company has now gone public by executing a reverse…
So finally the day is coming to an end, and I have to feel pretty good about what I got done: 1.…
I am sitting here hitting my head against the wall. Literally. In a move that no one on the planet can understand…
SCIT For some reason or another, Apple has made the poor decision (in my opinion) to make the default format for screenshots…
Frost & Sullivan says that the North American VoIP residential revenues will hit $4.07 billion by 2010, up 1300% from 2004 sales…
Come on Baby Light my Fire: FireFox that is! Politics of WiFi in Redwood City: Chris Nolan writes in EWeek about WiFi…
The latest issue of Business 2.0 has a story by me and Matt on the LCD oversupply and its impact on say…
Creative Technology launches a product that turns a PC into a music system that can be controlled remotely from anywhere in the…