Google Attempts Carbon-Intelligent Computing to Lessen Environmental Impact Google is attempting to lessen their environmental impact with carbon-intelligent computing. Data centers use an immense amount of energy in order for our internet experience to run as smoothly as it does. Every Google search consumes the equivalent of a 60w lightbulb being on for 17 seconds. While that may not seem like a lot of energy, with over 40,000 […] Brains Alex Camerino | July 10, 2020 0 Comments
VIDEO: A Decade of Solar Activity in a 60-Minute Time-Lapse [arve url="https://youtu.be/l3QQQu7QLoM"] SnowBrains | July 6, 2020 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
The United States Can Reach 90% Renewable Energy With No Added Cost by 2035 Many scientists and academics have argued over how long it would take the United States to reach 100% renewable energy production. It is extremely hard for a fossil fuel-based economy to completely convert to renewables, which is why it is more important to focus on how much of our production can be switched instead of figuring out when we can […] Alex Camerino | June 23, 2020 2 Comments
The First Fully Solar-Powered Ski Area: Wolf Creek, CO Wolf Creek Ski Area, located in Pagosa Springs, Colorado, has recently become the first ski area in the US (and potentially the world) to run purely on solar energy. The resort has been a leader in sustainable business practices for the past 11 years. Wolf Creek hails as one of the snowiest resorts in Colorado, and draws this solar energy […] Jenah MacGrain | July 11, 2018 11 Comments
Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows to Install Tesla Batteries and Aim to be Using 100-Percent Renewable Energy by End of 2018 Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows ski resort announced last Wednesday that it has entered into a collaborative agreement with California based Liberty Utilities to identify energy resources to meet its goal of using 100 percent renewable, clean energy as soon as the end of the year, reports TahoeDailyTribune.com. Liberty Utilities also plans to install enough Tesla batteries to supply the valley’s energy […] Industry News Steven Agar | February 7, 2018 0 Comments
Brains
Industry News