Archive for the 'research' Category

Apr 19 2010

No power line for your mobile base station? Alcatel-Lucent says think renewable

Published by Heather Clancy under green tech,research,solar,wind

Here’s a trick question for you: How do you power mobile telecommunications base stations in the middle of nowhere, especially in developing countries where there’s no electricity line in sight. Apparently, the standard operating procedure has been to schlep diesel fuel from location to location, with a four-wheel drive vehicle, hoping not to attract the attention [...]

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Apr 10 2010

Solid state on steroids? HP breakthrough could further reduce tech power consumption

Published by Heather Clancy under energy,engineering,green tech,research

Had intended to write about this development after it had a chance to seep into my brain a bit. But since my blogging colleague Dana Blankenhorn has already done the honors, here goes. The crux of the matter is that Hewlett-Packard researchers have developed something it is calling the “memristor,” which is a resistor that [...]

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Apr 01 2010

Survey shows IT budgets fail to account for energy costs

Published by Heather Clancy under conservation,data center,energy,green tech,research

Even though more than half of businesses say they account for all costs associated with a piece of technology before they will invest in it, more than half also fail to account for energy costs when planning their IT budgets. This according to a recent survey released by Avanade, the business technology services company that was [...]

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Mar 19 2010

U.K. research project studies impact of electric vehicles on grid

Published by Heather Clancy under air pollution,electric vehicles,energy,green tech,research

IBM is teaming up with the Energy Technologies Institute in the United Kingdom to figure out what sort of charging infrastructure will be required for the rollout of electric vehicles there. Other organizations involved in the study are EDF Energy, E.ON and Imperial Consultants. The study is being undertaken as the British government preps to plunk [...]

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Feb 08 2010

Science underlying global warming–what do we “know?”

Published by Harry Fuller under Blogroll,climate change,environmental health,Europe,global warming,law & politics,research

A new study by scientists in Britain suggests that climate change theory needs to carefully re-examine the assumptions about changes in the earth’s orbital position in relation to the sun. This study says the issue of the earth’s position is crucial in determining long-term effects and climate change trends. It was not considered [...]

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Feb 04 2010

Digital system to monitor a greenhouse gas in California

Published by Harry Fuller under air pollution,Blogroll,engineering,environmental health,federal government,law & politics,research

Methane emissions to be measured in California, a pioneering monitoring program in U.S.

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Feb 04 2010

Digital system to monitor a greenhouse gas in California

Published by Harry Fuller under air pollution,Blogroll,engineering,environmental health,federal government,law & politics,research,state government

Methane emissions to be measured in California, a pioneering monitoring program in U.S.

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Feb 03 2010

Climate scientist and his East Anglia university in deeper trouble

Published by Harry Fuller under air pollution,Blogroll,climate change,Europe,global warming,law & politics,research

Investigations following the East Anbglia hacking show data cover-up for years.

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Feb 02 2010

Are there ideas creeping up on the American economy that will strengthen greentech?

Published by Harry Fuller under air pollution,Blogroll,conservation,energy,environmental health,fossil fuel,green tech,law & politics,petroleum,renewable energy,research

Ecopsychology could become a boost to spread and use of greentech. "Save energy, it'll make you feel better."

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Jan 31 2010

Energizing China and U.S.

Published by Harry Fuller under air pollution,Blogroll,China,conservation,energy,engineering,environmental health,federal government,fossil fuel,green tech,law & politics,nuclear power,petroleum,renewable energy,research,solar,venture capital,wind

Energy, the economic battleground for the future dominance.

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