Microsoft Plumbs Ocean’s Depths to Test Underwater Data Center REDMOND, Wash. — Taking a page from Jules Verne, researchers at Microsoft believe the future of data centers may be under the sea. Microsoft has tested a prototype of a self-contained data center that can operate hundreds of feet below the surface of the ocean, eliminating … Continue reading #Microsoft Plumbs Ocean’s Depths to Test Underwater #Data_Center
Renewables May Become the Netflix of the Energy Sector A new Wood Mackenzie paper looks at six energy market disruptions that are “rewriting the whole economy.” Six key markers of market disruption hint that the energy sector might be the next industry in line for upheaval, according to a recent paper from Wood Mackenzie. In … Continue reading Renewable s May Become the Netflix of the Energy Sector
Hackers targeting energy and industrial firms, U.S. government warns The U.S government issued a rare public warning that sophisticated hackers are targeting energy and industrial firms, the latest sign that cyber attacks present an increasing threat to the power industry and other public infrastructure. The Department of Homeland Security and Federal Bureau of Investigation warned … Continue reading #Hackers targeting energy and industrial firms, U.S. government warns
Rick Perry’s proposal would upend years of power reform Energy Secretary Rick Perry’s proposed rule to prop up coal and nuclear plants looks to upset two decades of electricity market reforms, while potentially stifling the development of natural gas power plants that have become a leading source of the nation’s electricity. Although Perry has said … Continue reading Rick Perry’s proposal would upend years of power reform
Google Will Hit 100 Percent Renewable Energy This Year Google has announced that after 10 years a carbon-neutral company, it will be able to brag running on entirely renewable energy at the end of 2017. That means that all of the electricity the company consumes in both its data centers and offices are provided by … Continue reading #Google Will Hit 100 Percent Renewable Energy This Year
Will Trump Nuke Energy Markets? President Trump’s administration shocked the utility world by proposing a rule late last month that would effectively socialize the costs of coal-fired and nuclear power plants in this country. Many of these plants are uneconomic or, at best, marginally economic right now because of low natural gas prices. They’re on … Continue reading Will Trump Nuke Energy Markets?
The Challenges for the Energy Industry This week, more than 500 senior executives, policy makers, financiers, strategists and experts from the international oil and gas industry are meeting in London for the 38th annual Oil & Money Conference co-hosted by The New York Times and Energy Intelligence. Before the conference, The Times asked some of … Continue reading The Challenges for the Energy Industry
7 Mega-Influential Energy Leaders Companies in the energy industry are the bedrock of society. Why? Simple. Because energy moves every single thing we do. There are millions of people who have spent their lives building the energy industry. People who have succeeded in new innovative solutions, superior processes, essential products and services and expansive platforms. … Continue reading 7 Mega-Influential Energy Leaders
What do millennials want from their energy providers? Millennials are far more willing than non-millennials to pay for renewable energy resources, but also more willing to change providers, if they can get better value and/or better service. Now that millennials are the largest U.S. generation in terms of population, their needs and wants will be … Continue reading What do #millennials want from their energy providers?
Why Energy Traders Got the Eclipse So Wrong So many Americans were outside that electricity demand fell ‘The people who tended to be short tended to make money’ Grid operators and traders thought they were totally prepped for the historic U.S. solar eclipse. There was just this one thing they didn’t completely factor in: “irregular … Continue reading Why Energy Traders Got the Eclipse So Wrong
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