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Making Big Cuts in Data Center Energy Use
The energy used by our nation’s servers and data centers is significant. the Environmental Protection Agency estimated that this sector consumed about 61 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh), accounting for 1.5 percent of total U.S. electricity consumption. So how much room for improvement is there?
“Just LEED Platinum?”
Getting people to agree and sign on to climate goals might be the easy part of creating a climate action program. The real challenge comes when a city tackles ambitious goals—and evaluates the effectiveness of the programs it has developed.
Boulder Evaluates Climate Plan
Getting people to agree and sign on to climate goals might be the easy part of creating a climate action program. The real challenge comes when a city tackles ambitious goals—and evaluates the effectiveness of the programs it has developed.
The World’s Energy Disparity Is Reaching a Critical Stage to Spawn Innovation
Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about innovation, especially about how it might spread through the global energy system. I’m especially interested in how entrepreneurs and new technologies may create disruptive innovation within the system and what that’s likely to look like.
Saudis Won’t Settle for Energy Status Quo; Why Should U.S.?
The Saudis, who are both oil- and sunshine-rich, plan to develop 41,000 megawatts of solar projects to support a third of electricity production by 2032. The energy will directly replace oil used for desalination plants—freeing up more oil for export.
