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Introducing the New VMware Management Solution Portfolio
Check out this webcast to learn more about the New VMware Management Solution Portfolio.
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Cogenra tests solar cogeneration tech for cooling things off
Demo project with SoCalGas will use solar energy to power energy generation and to run chillers and air-conditioners.
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Wireless iPad keyboard crafted from bamboo
Approximately 92 percent of the materials that go into iZen are recyclable or renewable.
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$94M investment in solar power plants caps off Google's year
Google has made one last renewable energy investment in 2011: $94 million towards solar power plants in Sacramento, California.
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Solar power plant sprouts in place of potato farm
The San Luis Solar Ranch is about ready to go online, a 30-megawatt plant in valley rich in solar resources but moving cautiously toward solar energy because of water scarcity, lack of...
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Sales lift seen for small-wind technology
New research suggests generation capacity for small-scale wind generation technology could triple over the next five years.
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Apple nabs 16 more patents for multi-touch, solar power, iWork
Apple has won more than a dozen new patents all on its own. We could soon see the results on iOS mobile devices and the iWork software suite.
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Back-to-School Gadget: Logitech's colorful Wireless Solar Power Keyboard K750 for Mac
Logitech's K750 keyboard for Mac is a self-charging, energy efficient keyboard that can keep you working for up to 3 months in total darkness -- perfect for getting through an entire college semester.
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A roadmap for growing prosperity while saving the planet
In this interview, author Ramez Naam provides a sneak peak into his upcoming book: The Infinite Resource - Growing Prosperity While Reducing Impact on the Earth.
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Why the onus to 'go green' is on companies and governments - for now
It is the responsibility of companies, Governments and key figureheads to change the political and social landscape from the inside out.
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Share your solar stats on Facebook
Every wonder how your residential solar technology installation is performing relative to other people in our neighborhood or across the country? SunReports, a San Francisco-based company in the...
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Energy secretary tours solar disruptor (photos)
While in the Boston area, Steven Chu gets a tour of the labs of 1366 Technologies, a solar start-up aiming to make solar power the price of coal.
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Outlook brighter for U.S. solar capacity
I'm starting to think of the solar industry as the little engine that could. Despite all the public debate over expenses, challenges with financing programs, and other market inhibitors, there is...
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Residential solar company SunRun moves into Hawaii
My mother lives in Hawaii, where she has no heat or air-conditioning and relies on a hot water/solar thermal system that is powered (most of the time) by solar energy. So I have always found it...
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5 solar organizations with a social conscience
Received a note from someone at Santa Clara University, which is currently running a "boot camp" on social entrepreneurship as part of the Global Social Benefit Incubator. One of the big pushes...
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Imagine if solar power installations went viral, like Facebook
Warning, this post is strictly for fun. There's a new stat for all you solar addicts out there: If solar energy installations grew at the rate of new Facebook citizens, the capacity could power...
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Some like it cool. Or, why solar works better when it's not so hot
For some reason, many of us civilians tend to associate solar power with bright sunshiney states like Arizona, California and Florida. But did you know that solar technology actually gets less...
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Solar designer and architect goes public
Shares of Envision Solar edged up 4.29 percent in the company's first day of trading as a publicly traded company. OK, so the stock (EVSI is the symbol over-the-counter) closed as only 36.5 cents...
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Research aims to harness solar energy to purify water
A new project in Saudi Arabi -- being spearheaded by IBM and the King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) -- seeks to create a water desalination plant that runs off solar energy....
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New $90 million fund will extend SolarCity integration service to new states
SolarCity, which is a solar power integration and operations company based in Foster City, California, has established another $90 million pool of financing with U.S. Bancorp Community Development...
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Start-up plants new idea: Mimic photosynthesis to solve problem of intermittent solar power
Start-up Sun Catalytix seeks to create innovative means of "storing" solar energy.
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