The consumer market is just the tip of the iceberg for drones, which have the potential to deploy across a range of different industry verticals such as construction or agriculture. That’s the premise beyond SenseHawk, a U.S-India startup that specializes in using data captured by drones to develop insight for projects within the solar industry. The […]
View More SenseHawk, drone analytics for the solar industry, takes flight with $2M investmentCategory: renewable energy
Facebook is opening its first data center in Asia
Facebook is opening its first data center in Asia. The company announced today that it is planning an 11-story building in Singapore that will help its services run faster and more efficiently. The development will cost SG$1.4 billion, or around US$1 billion, the company confirmed. The social networking firm said that it anticipates that the […]
View More Facebook is opening its first data center in AsiaFacebook has committed to using 100% renewable power for global operations by 2020
Earlier today, Facebook said that it has committed to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by 75 percent and using 100 percent renewable energy to power global operations at the social networking giant by the end of 2020. So, while the company may have problems keeping foreign nationals from using the platform for influence operations (or garbage […]
View More Facebook has committed to using 100% renewable power for global operations by 2020Rapper Azealia Banks’ claims to have the inside track on Elon Musk’s Tesla take-private drama
If Azealia Banks’ Instagram account is to believed, Elon Musk’s tweets about Tesla’s take-private deal can be chalked up to some good ole acid and a whole lot of post-tweet frantic scrambling. Over a series of Instagram stories from the weekend, Banks (whose account should be taken with an entire salt shaker — more on […]
View More Rapper Azealia Banks’ claims to have the inside track on Elon Musk’s Tesla take-private dramaEverything old is new again as demand response comes to real estate with Blueprint Power
Real estate developers and their properties are getting an opportunity to cash in on power management and surplus energy production thanks to a new company called Blueprint Power. It’s a new twist on an old idea dating back to the first cleantech boom based on ideas of demand response and power management. Companies like EnerNOC […]
View More Everything old is new again as demand response comes to real estate with Blueprint PowerTMGcore is running high-efficiency crypto mines in Texas
Out on the plains of East Texas, not far from Dallas, a company called TMGcore is mining crypto. The company, funded to the tune of $70 million, will be mining multiple cryptocurrencies and is using some unique technology to ensure that it doesn’t eat up an entire city’s worth of energy. “TMGcore will be one […]
View More TMGcore is running high-efficiency crypto mines in TexasFuture of the internet could depend on submarine datacenters
What was just a crazy idea four years ago is now being tested in real life. Microsoft’s underwater datacenter is designed to cool and power itself underwater. Read more…More about Microsoft, Renewable Energy, Datacenter, Tech, and Big Tech Companie…
View More Future of the internet could depend on submarine datacentersMicrosoft tests underwater datacenter in the Scottish sea
Off the coast of Scotland’s Orkney Islands, waves crash, winds whip, and a damp fog from the sea hovers in the air nearly year round.
And now, underneath Scotland’s cold, turbulent waters, a data center hums away, providing the Scottish isles’ coasta…
Hawaii relies on dirty fuel after lava shutters its geothermal plant
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Hawaii has bold plans to completely ditch fossil fuels over the next few decades, but Kilauea’s lava flows have put a wrench in the Big Island’s ability to harness renewable energy from the volcano.
Earlier this week, lava flows entered the grounds of the Puna Geothermal Venture (PGV), a power plant that generates about 25 percent of the island’s power, according to the both the island’s electric company, Hawaii Electric Light, and the state’s Public Utilities Commission.
In anticipation of an unprecedented lava flow into a geothermal plant, the energy facility shut down in early May, and since then has removed flammable chemicals from the site and capped its steaming wells — one of which has already been blanketed in lava. Read more…
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California says new homes must have solar panels, in push to go all-renewable
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California just became the first state to require that all new homes be installed with solar panels, a continuation of its ambitious plans to completely wean itself off fossil fuels within two decades.
All five members of the California Energy Commission voted for the mandate Wednesday morning, which will go into effect on January 1, 2020 for single family or “multi-family” buildings three stories or less. Other, less visible standards were also put in place, like improved window insulation to contain costly, climate-controlled air.
The state — which is itself the world’s fifth largest economy — is already well on its way to meeting aggressive renewable energy goals. State law requires California to generate half its power from renewables like wind and solar by 2030Utilities say they’ll likely meet this goal 10 years ahead of schedule, in 2020. Read more…
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Green Power Exchange enables peer-to-peer energy sharing
True friends share everything, from purses to lawnmowers to the limitless energy they pull from the sun, wind, and deep underground. Green Power Exchange aims to make one of those sharing scenarios a bit simpler. Green Power Exchange or GPX is running an ICO to create a coin that lets you trade energy. While there […]
View More Green Power Exchange enables peer-to-peer energy sharingLeonardo DiCaprio’s latest venture seeks to bring rural dwellers out of the dark
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In remote, off-the-grid lands, millions of people would be pleased to plug in a small fridge, or use a blender, or even just turn on a lightbulb. But power grids still don’t reach over one billion people worldwide, so these people often still read by candlelight and use diesel generators to charge their cell phones.
One company with a new, high-profile Hollywood connection is trying to change this through distributed solar power installations.
Actor and environmental activist Leonardo DiCaprio has joined an off-the-grid solar company, Kingo, which seeks to power lights, refrigerators, and laptops for people in remote areas, like those living in the Guatemalan mountains. DiCaprio, who has invested millions in conservation and renewable energy causes, not only became an investor in Kingo — he also joined its board of advisors, the company announced Thursday. Read more…
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View More Leonardo DiCaprio’s latest venture seeks to bring rural dwellers out of the dark