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U.S. renewable energy lab sets up world’s tenth fastest supercomputer
Dec 23rd
Wednesday, 23 December 2009 04:20
The supercomputer was built on the design principles and successes of earlier machines such as ASCI Red from the
mid-1990’s and the Red Storm from early 2000. Photo from N.R.E.L.
The United States’ National Renewable Energy Laboratory will utilize the tenth fastest supercomputer in the world for its Sandia National Laboratory facilities.
U.S. renewable energy lab sets up world’s tenth fastest supercomputer.
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Loading ...ACEEE: Federal Dollars Fuel Local Efficiency
Dec 23rd
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Federal Dollars Fuel Local Efficiency:
Cities Ready to Lead
Washington, D.C. (December 23, 2009): In a new report released today, ACEEE presented profiles of over 40 municipal energy efficiency programs as a guide for cities and counties preparing to implement federally-funded energy efficiency and conservation plans.
“The passage of the ARRA economic stimulus package was the largest single investment in energy efficiency to date, and the first time federal money has been directed specifically to municipal energy efficiency efforts,” said ACEEE policy researcher Michael Sciortino, referring to the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program More >
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Air Force Putting $2.3B into Energy, Water Conservation
Dec 23rd
December 23, 2009
Air Force Putting $2.3B into Energy, Water Conservation A host of efforts from the U.S. Air Force are expected to help reduce facility energy intensity 30 percent and potable water use 16 percent by 2015.The Air Force is spending $2.3 billion on energy conservation, energy-related facility audits, third-party contract buyouts, water conservation and renewable energy projects, according to a press release.
Air Force Putting $2.3B into Energy, Water Conservation · Environmental Leader · Green Business, Sustainable Business, and Green Strategy News for Corporate Sustainability Executives.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...NRC to PHEVs: You’re Too Expensive
Dec 23rd
December 23, 2009
NRC to PHEVs: You’re Too Expensive Yesterday, the National Research Council (NRC) released a report on the costs of plug-in hybrids that seems to confirm basic logic: Consumers won’t see a return on their initial investment for decades. It could be 2030 before it’s actually a good buy to plunk down cash for a hybrid.According to the NRC report, “costs to manufacture plug-in hybrid electric vehicles in 2010 are estimated to be as much as $18,000 more than for an equivalent conventional vehicle.” Since my last car cost less than $18,000 altogether, that seems like a big ol’ mountain More >
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Lightspeed’s 2010 Cleantech Predictions – Renewable Energy World
Dec 23rd
December 23, 2009 Lightspeed’s 2010 Cleantech Predictions by Peter Nieh, Lightspeed
Lightspeed has invested across several cleantech areas, including solar (Stion), biofuels (LS9, Solazyme), clean coal (Coaltek), LED lighting (Exclara), and energy storage (Leyden Energy, f/k/a Mobius Power). Here are some of our cleantech predictions for 2010:
Lightspeed’s 2010 Cleantech Predictions – Renewable Energy World.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...RenewableEnergyWorld.com’s Most-read Stories of 2009 – Renewable Energy World
Dec 23rd
December 23, 2009
RenewableEnergyWorld.com’s Most-read Stories of 2009 by Jennifer Runyon, Stephen Lacey & Graham Jesmer New Hampshire, United States [RenewableEnergyWorld.com]
As 2009 comes to a close, at RenewableEnergyWorld.com we always like to reflect back on the year gone by and revisit what worked and what didn’t both in terms of our industry coverage and in our ever-exciting jobs as editors of the world’s number one renewable energy website.
RenewableEnergyWorld.com’s Most-read Stories of 2009 – Renewable Energy World.
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