Comments on: The Return of the CEO (Chief Electricity Officer) http://greenmonk.net/the-return-of-the-ceo-chief-electricity-officer/ Green from the roots up, Sustainable from the top down Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:24:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: SAP Needs CEO| Zoli’s Blog http://greenmonk.net/the-return-of-the-ceo-chief-electricity-officer/comment-page-1/#comment-2478 SAP Needs CEO| Zoli’s Blog Thu, 06 Dec 2007 06:19:25 +0000 http://greenmonk.net/?p=87#comment-2478 [...] (12/5): More on the Chief Electricity Officer of James’s Green Blog. Oh, and here’s the photo, [...] [...] (12/5): More on the Chief Electricity Officer of James’s Green Blog. Oh, and here’s the photo, [...]

]]> By: James Governor’s Monkchips » The Return of the Chief Electricity Officer http://greenmonk.net/the-return-of-the-ceo-chief-electricity-officer/comment-page-1/#comment-2477 James Governor’s Monkchips » The Return of the Chief Electricity Officer Wed, 05 Dec 2007 19:04:14 +0000 http://greenmonk.net/?p=87#comment-2477 [...] on Greenmonk yesterday I wrote a piece that I think is worth flagging here. What’s the big idea? Just as Nick Carr argues the IT [...] [...] on Greenmonk yesterday I wrote a piece that I think is worth flagging here. What’s the big idea? Just as Nick Carr argues the IT [...]

]]> By: Deadalus http://greenmonk.net/the-return-of-the-ceo-chief-electricity-officer/comment-page-1/#comment-2475 Deadalus Wed, 05 Dec 2007 05:38:21 +0000 http://greenmonk.net/?p=87#comment-2475 Google is the biggest offender - from what I heard from an industry source, Google has lobbied against disclosing their carbon emissions, and are lobbying (along with Intel) to obstruct transparency in the industry. They are bigtime polluters, hoping to avoid the scrutiny they deserve... put solar panels wherever you want, it aint going to make a dent in 2,000,000 servers and storage spindles. Google is the biggest offender – from what I heard from an industry source, Google has lobbied against disclosing their carbon emissions, and are lobbying (along with Intel) to obstruct transparency in the industry. They are bigtime polluters, hoping to avoid the scrutiny they deserve… put solar panels wherever you want, it aint going to make a dent in 2,000,000 servers and storage spindles.

]]> By: Tom Raftery http://greenmonk.net/the-return-of-the-ceo-chief-electricity-officer/comment-page-1/#comment-2474 Tom Raftery Tue, 04 Dec 2007 22:23:54 +0000 http://greenmonk.net/?p=87#comment-2474 @monkchips - just to elaborate on the A+ rated domestic appliances - don't necessarily think on/off. Remember, you could always shift the thermostats up or down depending on whether you wanted to stimulate or reduce demand. In an industrial setting think about refrigeration plants. Get them to consume energy by turning on their compressors (by reducing the temp on their thermostats) when grid demand is low and then come off the grid (by increasing the temp on their thermostats) when demand is high. Now you have just created an energy store! @monkchips – just to elaborate on the A+ rated domestic appliances – don’t necessarily think on/off. Remember, you could always shift the thermostats up or down depending on whether you wanted to stimulate or reduce demand.

In an industrial setting think about refrigeration plants. Get them to consume energy by turning on their compressors (by reducing the temp on their thermostats) when grid demand is low and then come off the grid (by increasing the temp on their thermostats) when demand is high.

Now you have just created an energy store!

]]> By: monkchips http://greenmonk.net/the-return-of-the-ceo-chief-electricity-officer/comment-page-1/#comment-2473 monkchips Tue, 04 Dec 2007 21:00:48 +0000 http://greenmonk.net/?p=87#comment-2473 holy cow now that is what i call a blog thread. cheers guys. interestingly BT, for one, is thinking through a some of this-for example trying to move from "Always on".. to "always available". the container angle is very interesting. holy cow now that is what i call a blog thread. cheers guys. interestingly BT, for one, is thinking through a some of this-for example trying to move from “Always on”.. to “always available”.

the container angle is very interesting.

]]> By: Tom Raftery http://greenmonk.net/the-return-of-the-ceo-chief-electricity-officer/comment-page-1/#comment-2472 Tom Raftery Tue, 04 Dec 2007 17:20:43 +0000 http://greenmonk.net/?p=87#comment-2472 How about an A+ rating for household appliances? These appliances would come on and go off depending on the load on the network at any particular time i.e. more likely to come on on a windy night when wind energy is making a significant contribution to the grid and less likely to come on on winter evenings between 4pm and 8pm (when there is peak demand). How about an A+ rating for household appliances?

These appliances would come on and go off depending on the load on the network at any particular time i.e. more likely to come on on a windy night when wind energy is making a significant contribution to the grid and less likely to come on on winter evenings between 4pm and 8pm (when there is peak demand).

]]> By: Al http://greenmonk.net/the-return-of-the-ceo-chief-electricity-officer/comment-page-1/#comment-2471 Al Tue, 04 Dec 2007 16:35:26 +0000 http://greenmonk.net/?p=87#comment-2471 How about energy ratings on all I.T. kit like the ratings on household items How about energy ratings on all I.T. kit like the ratings on household items

]]> By: Al http://greenmonk.net/the-return-of-the-ceo-chief-electricity-officer/comment-page-1/#comment-2470 Al Tue, 04 Dec 2007 16:24:37 +0000 http://greenmonk.net/?p=87#comment-2470 I would imagine also that most Saas or similar services have an environmental/energy cost as a significant portion. I would'nt be surprised to see Google leveraging efficiencies on this front as a competitive argument. It could almost come down to $5 + YKjoules or X carbon units per user per month or some such Regards Al I would imagine also that most Saas or similar services have an environmental/energy cost as a significant portion. I would’nt be surprised to see Google leveraging efficiencies on this front as a competitive argument.

It could almost come down to $5 + YKjoules or X carbon units per user per month or some such

Regards
Al

]]> By: Al http://greenmonk.net/the-return-of-the-ceo-chief-electricity-officer/comment-page-1/#comment-2469 Al Tue, 04 Dec 2007 16:20:10 +0000 http://greenmonk.net/?p=87#comment-2469 I wonder how much energy BT could save nationally by migrating from their twisted pair network to efficient optical fibre into homes. I wonder how much energy BT could save nationally by migrating from their twisted pair network to efficient optical fibre into homes.

]]> By: Tom Raftery http://greenmonk.net/the-return-of-the-ceo-chief-electricity-officer/comment-page-1/#comment-2468 Tom Raftery Tue, 04 Dec 2007 16:12:23 +0000 http://greenmonk.net/?p=87#comment-2468 Interestingly, data centres could be used by grid management companies as a flywheel to stabilise the grid and lessen the instability introduced by the addition of wind energy. If those data centres ran their diesel generators on bio-diesel you would have green energy facilitating the uptake of more wind energy on the grid! Interestingly, data centres could be used by grid management companies as a flywheel to stabilise the grid and lessen the instability introduced by the addition of wind energy.

If those data centres ran their diesel generators on bio-diesel you would have green energy facilitating the uptake of more wind energy on the grid!

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