I keynote, write, and podcast about Sustainability, CleanTech and Supply Chain
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Here is this week’s Friday Green numbers round-up: Vice President Biden Kicks Off $7.2 Billion Recovery Act Broadband Program | BriefingRoom on Connected Planet Online Vice President Biden today kicked off $7.2 billion in Recovery Act broadband grant and loan…
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How long until all devices which consume water have networked flow meters?
Photo credit bmitchellw Oracle published the results of a very interesting study recently called Testing the Water: Smart Metering for Water Utilities. Now, we have all heard about the compelling case for Smart Meters for electrical consumption (I have written…
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Friday’s Green Numbers round-up 01/15/2010
Photo credit arekiiu Here is today’s Friday Green numbers round-up: TVA purchasing up to 815MW wind power from Kansas and Illinois TVA has inked four deals to purchase wind power generated in Illinois and Kansas. The federal utility said today…
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Ford discusses their Electric Vehicle and smart grid integration plans
Just before Christmas I had a chat with Ford’s head of battery electric vehicle applications, Greg Frenette. We discussed how Ford has been working with utilities and industry organisations to ready its electric vehicles for deep integration into smart grids.…
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Costs of running communication networks about to tumble?
Photo credit IronRodArt I saw a report on the Green Data Center Blog today that a new industry group called GreenTouch has been formed with the express aim of reducing the amount of energy communications networks (including the Internet) use.…
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Google Energy to start disrupting the utility industry?
Photo credit filippo minelli There is no doubt about it but Google is a disruptive company. First Google disrupted search, then advertising, then video (with their acquisition of YouTube), and then Office applications with the launch and continued development of…
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What If We Create a Better World For Nothing?
One of my goals in 2010 is to help move the sustainability debate beyond Global Warming. Global Warming or Climate Change is still arguable – while other environmental impacts and issues are not. Its surely time for sustainability advocates to…
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Green Numbers round-up 12/18/2009
Photo credit MildlyDiverting Welcome to this Friday’s Green numbers round-up! IBM Reveals Five Innovations that Will Change Cities in the Next Five Years IBM unveiled a list of innovations that have the potential to change how people live, work and…
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