-
The rapidly growing carbon footprint associated with information and communications technologies, including laptops and PCs, data centers and computing networks, mobile phones, and telecommunications networks, could make them among the biggest greenhouse gas emitters by 2020. However, our research also suggests that there are opportunities to use these technologies to make the world economy more energy and carbon efficient.
-
The Energy Roadmap – Could China help the world move beyond the combustion engine?
Imagine a future in which China is the secret to moving the world’s auto fleet beyond liquid fuels and the combustion engine.
If they can master electron storage systems of advanced batteries, fuel cells and capacitors- they might surprise the world!
-
Official Google Blog: Clean energy 2030
The energy team at Google has been crunching the numbers to see how we could greatly reduce fossil fuel use by 2030. The analysis, led by Jeffery Greenblatt, suggests a potential path to weaning the U.S. off of coal and oil for electricity generation by 2030 (with some remaining use of natural gas as well as nuclear), and cutting oil use for cars by 40%
-
Home energy monitors get wise to solar | Green Tech – CNET News
Two very different companies are developing ways to track energy usage of homes equipped with solar panels.
SolarCity, a company which leases solar panels to households, on Wednesday introduced a new version of it SolarGuard software that displays panels’ production alongside a home’s electricity usage.
Another company, Open Energy is developing a dedicated touch-screen device for tracking solar panel and home energy usage. The solar panel maker on Wednesday also introduced a roofing tile with a solar cell embedded in it.
