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London Is Bringing Smart Technology To The Streets
‘Intelligent’ West End street and noise pollution cuts on list of latest London smart projects
UK Cities Get £40m Fund For Electric Car Rollout
Nottingham, Bristol, Milton Keynes and London named as winners in Department for Transport’s electric car project
Facebook Confirms €200m ‘Green’ Irish Data Centre
Facebook is to go ahead with its first Irish data centre, situated in Clonee, County Meath
London Signs Up To Smart City Scheme
'Sharing Cities' Lighthouse programme will see Greenwich test technologies such as smart parking and electric bikes
LG Ramps Up Solar Panel Production
Electronics giant is going green with six more solar panel production lines planned
IBM Expands Green Horizons Effort To Fight Pollution Globally
Targeting India and Africa, IBM announced an expansion of its Green Horizons initiative to address environmental and pollution challenges
Google Makes Massive Renewable Energy Purchase In US, Sweden And Chile
Google says its on track to make 2025 renewable energy targets with 842 MW mega-purchase
Equinix Signs Two Data Centre Renewable Energy Deals
Equinix takes next step towards committing to use 100 percent renewable energy in North America by the end of 2016
Apple Agrees Green Solar Initiatives In China
iPhone maker wants to clean up its supply chain and promises big solar energy projects for renewables push
HP To Buy Wind Power To Run Texas Data Centres
The giant tech vendor's agreement to buy wind energy over 12 years will help HP beat its greenhouse gas reduction goals by five years
AWS Has Unveiled A Colossal Wind Farm To Power Its Data Centres
North Carolina wind farm will generate 670,000 MWh of wind energy every year at bring AWS on track to hit 40 percent renewable goals
Pornhub Gets Touchy-Feely With The Man-Powered Wearable
Ever wanted to save the planet from the safety of your bedroom? The power is in your hands…
Google Invests Heavily In Solar Panel Fund For Homes
Search engine giant contributes $300m (£195m) to a fund to push solar panels onto residential roofs
Apple Signs £500m Energy Deal With Solar Farm
Apple to cut energy costs at its campus and stores by using renewable power from a new solar farm
Government Funding To Turn Gloucestershire Nuclear Lab Into Green Tech Research Park
Funding to transform former Nuclear Lab into centre for renewable energy and cyber security skills
Panasonic Kicks Off ‘Sustainable Town’
Fujisawa Sustainable Smart Town looks to spur on sustainable power generation, emissions reductions, smart metering and other green technologies
Google Eemshaven Data Centre Powered By Dutch Windmills
Google flashes its impressive green credentials with a data centre powered 100 percent by Dutch windmills
Salesforce Opens First European Data Centre
Salesforce finally opens its first European data centre in the UK, powered by 100 percent renewable energy
Smart Power Grid Combines Batteries, Fuel Cells… And Compost
Smart power networks will rely on local generation and distributed storage
Windy Politics Won’t Keep Tech Out Of Wind Power
Politicians may get votes by binning wind power, says Peter Judge, but tech firms still see the benefit
Will Microsoft’s Wind Of Change Hit Amazon?
Microsoft's purchase of a wind farm will increase pressure on Amazon to respond to environmentalists, says Peter Judge
Microsoft Signs 175MW Wind Power Deal
EDF Buys Illinois wind power plant, thanks to a 20-year contract with Microsoft
BT Signs £440m Wind Farm Contracts
Long term renewables backer BT pumps £440 million into wind farms in Wales, Scotland and Lancashire
Microsoft Partners University For Data Centre Energy Efficiency
Microsoft teams up with Texan university to explore green ways to meet data centre energy needs
Greenpeace Sets Its Sights On Amazon Web Services
Environmental pressure group Greenpeace wants to Amazon Web Services to use renewable energy. Peter Judge thinks it has a fight on its hands
Greenpeace Slams ‘Dirty’ Amazon Web Services, Twitter
Leading tech firms praised by Greenpeace for their renewable energy drive, with the exception of AWS and Twitter
How The Cloud Forced SAP To Go Green
SAP has promised its data centres will be use renewable energy. It's the cloud that forced the change, says Peter Judge
SAP Data Centres To Run On 100 Percent Renewable Power
New approach signals SAP efforts to move towards a green cloud
Facebook To Build Second European Data Centre In Sweden
The new ‘Rapid Deployment Data Centre’ design will be assembled on-site like Ikea furniture