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FaceBook open sources building an energy efficient data center

FaceBook open sources building an energy efficient data center

By Tom Raftery on April 7, 2011

Back in 2006 I was the co-founder of a Data Centre in Cork called Cork Internet eXchange. We decided, when building it out, that we would design and build it as a hyper energy-efficient data centre. At the time, I was also heavily involved in social media, so I had the crazy idea, well, […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged data center, data centre, datacenter, datacentre, energy efficiency, Facebook, greenpeace, Open source, Pacific Power, prineville, renewables, unfriend coal

It is surprisingly easy to leave yourself open to claims of Greenwashing!

It is surprisingly easy to leave yourself open to claims of Greenwashing!

By Tom Raftery on May 10, 2010

Companies need to take a lot of care when making Green claims. The whole Green energy space is massively complex and it is surprisingly easy to leave yourself open to claims of Greenwashing. What do I mean? Well, take the Irish energy sector, for example. Anyone who generates electricity in Ireland, which is to be […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged electricity, greenwashing, Ireland, renewables, sem, single electricity market, Sustainable energy, wind energy, Wind power

Is there really any need for baseload power?

Is there really any need for baseload power?

By Tom Raftery on March 17, 2010

Photo credit wonderferret The electricity grid may not need “baseload” generation sources like coal and nuclear to backup the variability of supply from renewables. Jon Wellinghof is the Chairman of the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). FERC is an independent agency that amongst other things, regulates the interstate transmission of electricity, natural gas, and […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged baseload, coal, coal fired power, Electricity generation, ferc, Fossil fuel, Nuclear power, Renewable energy, renewables, solar, utilities, Wind power

Spain gets 53% of its energy from wind!

Spain gets 53% of its energy from wind!

By Tom Raftery on November 14, 2009

Ok, not all the time, but last weekend at 5:50am on Sunday morning (8th Nov) Spain set a new record, hitting 53.7% of its energy requirements being supplied by wind energy.
As you can see from the graph above, the amount of electricity being supplied by wind, the light green portion of the graph, doesn’t […]

Posted in Business | Tagged coal, Red Electrica de España, ree, renewables, wind energy, windfarms

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