Clean Energy News and Articles

What is Sustainable Computing? A shift in how we develop the hardware of the future

FEATURE By Abdulrahman Mahmoud, September 6, 2022, 6:12 AM TechSpot Tech Culture

Building sustainable computing systems is not only the conscientious thing to do, but curbing carbon emissions may result in a seismic shift in how we develop the hardware of the future.

Hardware Electronics

SSDs might cause double the CO2 emissions of HDDs

Most emissions come from initial manufacture

By Daniel Sims , August 11, 2022, 7:31 AM 28 comments

Science Tech Culture

Elevators in skyscrapers could be used to generate electricity

Would the benefits outweigh the tradeoffs?

By Shawn Knight , June 3, 2022, 11:54 AM 30 comments

Industry

US greenhouse gas emissions increased by six percent in 2021

Transportation demand is increasing again

By Cohen Coberly , January 11, 2022, 7:37 AM 13 comments

Tech Culture

Nuclear-powered cryptomining facilities are coming to the US

Expect an accident to create a new superhero called Bitcoin Man

By Rob Thubron , July 13, 2021, 5:16 AM 35 comments

Industry

FedEx will invest $2 billion to become fully carbon-neutral by 2040

New delivery truck purchases will be all-electric by 2030

By Cohen Coberly , March 3, 2021, 5:52 PM 36 comments

Industry

The UK aims to power each home with wind energy by 2030

A £160 million initial investment will get the ball rolling

By Cohen Coberly , October 6, 2020, 4:10 PM 42 comments

Industry Apple

Apple targets a net zero carbon footprint for its entire supply chain by 2030

It would be '20 years sooner than IPCC targets'

By Cohen Coberly , July 21, 2020, 5:19 PM

Industry

Amazon announces $2 billion 'Climate Pledge Fund' to accelerate decarbonization

The fund may hasten the transition to a 'low-carbon economy'

By Cohen Coberly , June 23, 2020, 4:38 PM 55 comments

Tech Culture

Bill Gates commissions $644 million hydrogen-powered superyacht (Updated)

Luxurious and eco-friendly

By Rob Thubron , February 10, 2020, 6:32 AM 13 comments

Science

Anti-solar panels pointed at space could generate power at night

Using Earth as a heat source and the night sky as a heatsink

By Shawn Knight , February 4, 2020, 11:20 AM 28 comments

Microsoft Industry

Microsoft plans to be carbon negative by 2030, pours 1 billion into tech that sucks carbon out of the atmosphere

The company also wants to undo its historical damage to the environment

By Adrian Potoroaca , January 16, 2020, 4:36 PM 49 comments

Electronics

Watergen's new solar-powered 'GENNY' creates clean, drinkable water from the air

Up to 3.5 gallons per day

By Cohen Coberly , January 8, 2020, 3:46 PM 16 comments

Industry

Amazon announces three renewable energy projects in Spain and the US

They'll produce over 700,000 MWh of energy annually

By Cohen Coberly , December 3, 2019, 6:11 PM

Science Electronics

Heliogen achieves solar 'breakthrough' that could replace fossil fuels in some industries

Using advanced computer vision to reflect sunlight onto a target

By Shawn Knight , November 20, 2019, 12:30 PM 9 comments

Industry

Honda plans to offset its US-based CO2 emissions with wind and solar energy purchases

The clean energy will go directly to the US' power grid

By Cohen Coberly , September 23, 2019, 6:23 PM 14 comments

Industry

Amazon plans to build wind and solar farms in Virginia and Ireland

They will begin producing clean energy in 2020

By Cohen Coberly , August 1, 2019, 2:52 PM

Apple Electronics

Apple's suppliers are using a lot of clean energy but still do not have an electronic waste solution

Renewable energy is only one part of being a green company

By Greg Synek , April 11, 2019, 8:34 AM

Apple

Apple will help China go green with a $300 million investment fund

The fund could generate enough energy to power 'nearly 1 million homes'

By Cohen Coberly , July 13, 2018, 5:05 PM 8 comments

Electronics

UK company reveals new technology that can transform radio frequency waves into energy

By Rob Thubron , October 2, 2015, 10:45 AM

Apple Industry

Apple to build massive solar farm to power Reno data center

By Shawn Knight , July 2, 2013, 1:45 PM 13 comments

Industry

Tokelau islands become the first to completely rely on solar power

By Shawn Knight , November 7, 2012, 3:30 PM 11 comments