That holiday for representatives of the UN is in danger of being spoilt over the continued opposing view of the US and the EU, VOA News reports today. A split has emerged at the conference here between the European Union and the United States, over whether or not to set
GigaOM has this one – “Nanosolar CEO Martin Roscheisen tells us that the company has reached that goal with production at its San Jose, Calif., manufacturing facility. We’re not sure to what extent production is being done, but Roscheisen says there will be more info coming soon. The fact that
According to Cisco… ICT infrastructure uses 37 per cent of the electricity bill. Of that: • Servers use 50 per cent • Storage uses 35 per cent • Networks use 15 per cent
Flippin’ heck. I mean really. A 1 Megawatt data centre uses: 177,000,000 kilowatts per hour of electricity 60,000,000 gallons of water 145,000 lbs of copper 21,000 lbs of lead 33,000 lbs – plastic 73,000 lbs aluminium 12,000 lbs solder 377,000 lbs
Cisco is to ration the amount of carbon its employees are allowed to use. The trial, set to start next year, will see the company’s departments allocated with a ‘budget’ of how much carbon they should use. “We are going to try and give out a carbon budget next
CHINA WATCH China Mobile, the NO. 1 telecom tycoon in China and also Beijing Olympics partner, is insisting suppliers meet its green standards, according to Chinacsr.com. A total of 15 multinational and local manufacturers are working with China Mobile in this green project. The requirements that China Mobile has
Following Ireland’s ban on energy wasting, incandescent lightbulbs, Greenpeace is running a campaign to have them outlawed throughout the rest of Europe. Signup today, and for seven weeks you’ll get a weekly email with instructions how to campaign effectively for energy efficiency. “How many people… to change a
Take fossil fuels, strip out the carbon and replace it with clean-burning hydrogen. While Greenbang is wondering if that’s a little like taking Jeremy Beadle, putting a pair of shades on him and saying it’s now Bono, any effort to clean up fossil fuels can’t be a
Greenbang likes gadgets – what right minded human being doesn’t? – and Nokia has just unveiled some gadget porn of the highest order. The environmentally friendly badboy can be found over here, where Nokia says: Our visionary design concept is a mobile phone and compatible sensing device that will help you
Joe le taxi, sung Vanessa Paradis, He doesn’t go everywhere. He doesn’t work on soda, His yellow sax knows all of the streets by heart. Quite, Vanessa, quite. But the lovely gap-toothed better half of Johnny Depp neglected to mention Joe will soon be driving a green vehicle
“We call it global warming, not America warming. So let’s not put a burden on us alone and have the rest of the world skate by without having to participate in this effort. It’s a global effort.” Mitt Romney, Republican, obviously has a clear grasp on what’s
Greenbang is in Silicon Valley this week on a mission to meet some people in the green innovation space. Here are some predictions from Andrew Chung of Lightspeed Venture Partners, a Silicon Valley-based VC firm. 1. Solar will sustain its torrid growth, as costs continue to fall. 2. Emerging startups
