Posted in Efficiency, Energy, Policy on 2008-07-04 | No Comments »
Although most EU member states have put forward their action plans to improve energy efficiency for the period 2008-2016, as mandated by EU law, the plans differ widely from one another and lack coherence, according to a new study.
Energy efficiency not taken seriously enough, says study
Posted in Efficiency, Energy, Policy on 2008-07-03 | No Comments »
Although most EU member states have put forward their action plans to improve energy efficiency for the period 2008-2016, as mandated by EU law, the plans differ widely from one another and lack coherence, according to a new study.
Energy efficiency not taken seriously enough, says study
Posted in Efficiency, Energy, Policy on 2008-07-01 | No Comments »
Data center demand for power and cooling resources is estimated to have doubled over the five years from 2001 to 2006 due to increased use of IT-based business applications and next generation IT equipment, with significantly improved processing capability but also with higher power demand.
While this has delivered a significant increase in computing and storage [...]
Posted in Efficiency, Energy, Policy on 2008-07-01 | No Comments »
General Electric’s (GE) key growth strategy, ecomagination, involves a set of commitments around reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and improving energy efficiency in the company’s global operations. GE calls this program 1-30-30. The program is one of five ecomagination commitments that the company has made and publicly reported on since 2005.
The other commitments include increasing [...]
Posted in Efficiency, Energy on 2008-06-20 | 1 Comment »
The energy produced by power plants that provide both heat and electricity could be almost tripled in the UK, according to an analysis of nine industrial sites. So-called combined heat and power (CHP) plants are far more efficient than conventional power stations because they harness heat that is normally wasted, by piping it to industrial [...]
Posted in Efficiency, Energy, Policy on 2008-06-12 | No Comments »
On Monday, U.S. Secretary of Energy Samuel W. Bodman concluded his weekend visit to Aomori, Japan where the energy ministers from the Group of Eight industrialized countries (G8) and from China, India and South Korea met to discuss ways to enhance global energy security while simultaneously combating global climate change. The G8 includes Canada, Russia, [...]
Posted in Efficiency, Energy, Policy on 2008-05-28 | No Comments »
Small businesses will simply not invest in the energy-saving technologies that are essential to reaching the EU’s climate change objectives without a fine-tuning of state aid rules, according to UEAPME, the association of small and medium-sized enterprises in Europe.
SMEs call for more state aid to cut energy waste
Posted in Efficiency, Research, Solar Energy on 2008-05-19 | No Comments »
By using a lens to concentrate sunlight on a solar panel, IBM Corp. researchers say they can quintuple solar power efficiency.
http://www.wbcsd.org/includes/getTarget.asp?type=DocDet&id=MzAwNjQ
Posted in Efficiency, Research, Solar Energy on 2008-05-19 | No Comments »
Engineers at the University of California, San Diego have demonstrated that nanoparticles can increase the efficiency with which sunlight can be converted into electricity in thin-film photovoltaics, opening new prospects for solar electricity.
Nanotech to make solar panels more efficient
Posted in Efficiency, Energy, Europe on 2008-05-14 | No Comments »
The European Commission announced Tuesday that it would promote the use of information and communications technologies (ICT) to improve energy efficiency throughout the economy, starting with buildings, lighting and the power grid.
“To meet Europe’s energy efficiency goals by 2020, we need a high-growth, low-carbon economy. Research and rapid take-up of [...]
