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Use 0910 discount code to get 15% off Green ICT Workshop@CommunicAsia June 18th 2010

As a followup to last years successful Green ICT workshop@CommunicAsia'09, GETIT is organizing a one day workshop entitled "Profitability and New Revenue Opportunities with Green" on 18th June@CommunicAsia'10. This years sessions aims to go into indepth case studies shared by key vendors and players in this space. The morning session will be opened by IDA sharing the Green ICT Initiatives in Singapore followed by a panel discussion on greening data centres. The afternoon session will explore the use of clean renewable energy in telecoms. Speakers include Mohan Krishnan from HP, Bernie Trundel from HP, Russell Perry from Emerson Network Power, Kenneth ...

Support Bright Green Energy @ any Stanford Coupa Cafe

[youtube]RnLOom9LOdI[/youtube] ENERGIZE YOUR DAY; POWER THEIR FUTURE!!!! For once, guiltlessly drink caffeine for a day! Both Stanford Coupa Locations, ALL DAY! Simply order a Latte or Cappuccino this Wednesday! Globally 1.6 Billion people lack access to electricity and 2.4 billion people spend 6-9 hours gathering fuel such as wood for cooking.  Lack of modern forms of energy keep people from escaping poverty. Bright Green Energy provides the technology, training, and initial funds to support local female entrepreneurs to start their own eco-ventures. These women then become solar technicians, solar accessory manufacturers, as well ...

Clean Tech vs Mother Nature – the Oceanlinx Mk3PC Looses

It was a disappointment, but not a surprise to find that the Oceanlinx Mk3PC prototype wave power generations system broke loose from its morning lines in rough seas and was slammed against the Port Kembela eastern break wall. $5m Port Kembla wave generator wrecked Port Kembla wave generator lies on sea floor Huge swell sinks wave energy generator Barge'swatery grave (UPDATE!) While this is a setback, it is part of our engineering journey - learning how to build for environments whose force of nature is hard to predict. Engineering experience is our best guide. We've seen this in clean tech projects through out the last ...

Energy Islands, “News”?

In a recent article in EnergyBiz Magazine, Salvatore Salamone pointed out a interesting "energy island" concept promoted by KEMA. The original 2007 proposal would "comprised of a ring of dikes surrounding a 50 meter deep reservoir," pumping sea water into the reservoir during times of excess power, using that sea water generate power during intervals of low wind. While this not really "news," it is an interesting concept which several groups have been looking into. As see in the slide show below, we have many groups and architects exploring the over all principle of using off shore "real estate" to ...

Everywhere you look, governments are urging us to think about the environment — to act Green. But what impact do the telecoms and IT industries have on the environment? And what role can ICT play in helping alleviate the problems? TelecomTV takes the most detailed and in-depth look yet at sustainable and environmentally-aware ICT solutions, applications and business models.

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