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Automating Infrastructure and Operations Management with VMware
With VMware, virtualization tools come with a management system built in. Check out this webcast to learn more.
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Wind power gets big vote of confidence (and some dough) from Google
This one has particular resonance for me, because it is literally on my turf. Actually make that my surf. Google has just agreed to be part of what is called the Atlantic Wind Connection backbone,...
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Is Google powering its data centers with wind?
Why is the data center lagging in its use of cleaner energy? Doug Washburn explains.
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Greentech blow back
Land use conflict may prohibit some alternative energy development in U.S.
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Ford turns to wind power
Ford is going to be using wind power. Not to actually power their cars, but to power a car factory in Belgium.
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Wind energy: recession proof?
2008 was another record year for increased use of wind energy to generate electricity in the U.S. For the fourth straight year the U.S. led the planet in adding new wind energy generation...
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Images: Distributing wind power in the neighborhood
Some wind companies are building mid-size turbines for on-site power generation for schools, businesses, or farms.
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Wind dying down...for the nonce
Not surprisingly the once-booming wind industry is feeling the effects of the global economic dive. Nothing wrong with the world's supply of wind, but there is a shortage of CapEx money and...
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Wind and wildlife: co-existence or conflict?
Last October 20 of the nation’s top science-based conservation and environmental groups and wind energy companies formed the American Wind Wildlife Institute (AWWI) to address concerns of...
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Not just hot air: Global wind power capacity up almost 30 percent
Wow, what other industry can claim to have grown almost 30 percent last year (if not in revenue, at least in production capacity)? This blog over at Green Forum reports the amazing growth in...
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It's a "guster": Oil town (Houston) flirts with wind power
Why focus on development around just one major fuel source, oil, when you can reap the benefits of two? Steamy Houston is beginning a new love affair with one of the most powerful companies in...
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Batteries to store wind energy
Scientific American reports that Xcel Energy, a Minneapolis-based utility company, has started to test a new technology to store wind energy in batteries. The company is currently trying it in a...
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What's blowin' in the wind? Alternative energy in China
A new study of the Chinese wind energy market finds the country's growth will likely continue despite the global economic spasms. EER's report finds China will be #1 in generating electricity...
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Bats and belfries may be synonymous. But what about bats and wind turbines? Not so much.
My husband's favorite holiday, Halloween, is approaching, so this item caught my attention: As part of the Casselman Wind Power Project in Pennsylvania, the Bats and Wind Energy Cooperative (yes,...
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Something in the air: Several random wind energy updates
It's been so still here in northern New Jersey for the past week that I can't imagine using the technology that I'm going to mention in this post. And yet the wind has been known to bend the trees...
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Pulling money out of thin air. Or, why wind power should be a neighborly concern.
My mother and I chat a lot about different alternative energy options, mainly because she is lucky enough to live in Hawaii where solar hot water has been mandated for future construction. But one...
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Wind is picking up speed
A study coming from Emerging Energy Research projects continued expansion of the wind energy market. It's being led by installations in China and the U.S. says EER. Global investment in wind...
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Which way is the wind blowin' ?
The folks at Emerging Energy are looking at the year past and the year to come. Here's their optimistic take on what's up with carbon dioxide emissions and carbon footprint reduction: "Recently,...
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Image: Pumping wind power underground
The Iowa Stored Energy Park plans to use compressed air to store power generated by wind turbines.
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Images: 'Flying' wind generators
Some inventors are thinking beyond traditional turbines, designing balloons and kites to harness wind power.
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Image: Green building leans into the wind
Building designed for a Paris office park will use wind power and feature other green elements.
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