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Lithium-Air Battery R&D Moves Forward

April 26, 2012 by Clifton Yin
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Several different companies are now working on making lithium-air batteries, that can power an electric car for 500 miles on a single charge. In comparison, today’s conventional lithium-ion batteries can only take cars roughly 150 miles between plug-ins. [read more]

Smart Parking Solutions to Reduce Congestion and Oil Use

April 13, 2012 by James Coan
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The days of free parking may be numbered. In a world where rapid urbanization and climate change are raising awareness of the high costs of traffic congestion, Citibank and IBM announced this week that they are joining forces to provide financing and technology for cities adopting smart parking technology.Smart parking technology allows... [read more]

How to Go Green Without Going Crazy

February 3, 2012 by Benjamin Lack
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Utilities worry about a lot of things, such as keeping the lights on, earning a return for investors, and making regulators and customers happy with their service.Now there is a new worry: How can they protect customers from what one utility refers to as “mental fatigue?”In this particular case, the utility raises the issue as it... [read more]

Next-Generation EV Batteries Zap Range Anxiety

November 28, 2011 by Silvio Marcacci
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Range anxiety, or concerns about how far electric vehicles will travel on a single charge, is one of the biggest limitations facing the EV industry. In fact, a recent survey said only 20 percent of American drivers would consider buying an EV with a 100-mile range. But what if EVs could drive 500 miles on a single charge? That’s exactly what one of America’s most innovative companies is working on. energyNOW! correspondent Josh Zepps looked under the hood of a next generation battery design that uses nanotechnology to make EVs more powerful than ever. [read more]

Smart Grids Will Revolutionize Cities

September 6, 2011 by Warren Karlenzig
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The internet, distributed renewable energy, electric vehicles and energy management are ready to coalesce: the impact on cities and our lives will be profound. The US-China Green Energy Conference (sponsored by the US-China Green Energy Council) held Friday in the Silicon Valley took a deep bi-national dive into what smart grids... [read more]

IBM’s Dave Bartlett Talking Smarter Buildings

March 21, 2011 by Tom Raftery
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[Disclosure:  IBM sponsored this interviews and paid T&E for this blogger to attend Pulse.]”I had a chat with IBM’s Dave Bartlett while we were both at at Pulse 2011 about the state of Smarter Buildings and Smarter Cities today and their possibilities. Here’s a transcription of our conversation: Tom Raftery: Hi everyone! Welcome... [read more]

IBM Pulse and Smarter Buildings/Smarter Cities

March 7, 2011 by Tom Raftery
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    I attended IBM’s Pulse conference last week and the big surprise for me was the amount of attention being paid to Smarter Buildings and Smarter Cities. With 600+ sessions over six parallel tracks it is only to be expected that there be some Smarter Building content but at this event Smarter Buildings and Smarter Cities were... [read more]

IBM Leader Tells Vermont Politicians That a 25% Increase in Their Power Bill Would Force Them To Shut Down

January 28, 2011 by Rod Adams
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Vermont is one of the lucky places where a mature nuclear power plant provides a significant portion of the electrical power. Unfortunately, Vermont leaders are acting a bit like a spoiled heir that has no idea how generous his ancestors have been in leaving behind valuable assets that make his life significantly more luxurious than... [read more]

Energy efficient supercomputers from IBM!

November 29, 2010 by Tom Raftery
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Photo credit Argonne National Laboratory Supercomputers are particularly fast computers (often made up of thousands of “off the shelf” computers) typically used for highly calculation-intensive tasks such as climate research, molecular modelling, research into nuclear fusion, etc. The Green 500 is a ranking of the most energy efficient... [read more]

Innovation at the IBM Smarter Industries Symposium

November 15, 2010 by Tom Raftery
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Photo credit Tom Raftery I attended the inaugural IBM Smarter industries Symposium recently and the major talking point that emerged from it was Innovation. The event was a nice mix of presentations by IBMers, customers and “breakout exchanges” with a healthy mix of both. Almost all of the speakers talked about the increasing... [read more]

Code enforcement: iPhone app for enviro monitoring

November 11, 2010 by Todd Woody
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I wrote this story for Grist, where it first appeared. Environmental enforcement? Yes, there’s an app for that too. As California’s permanent budget crisis results in continuing cutbacks to environmental agencies, IBM haCreek Watchs rolled out Creek Watch, an iPhone app that lets the State Water Resources Control Board crowdsource the... [read more]

IBM AsiaPac Smart Grid announcements

November 8, 2010 by Tom Raftery
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Photo credit pgegreenenergy IBM seems to be making big moves in AsiaPac! IBM made two significant announcements last week about projects it is involved in in South Korea and Shanghai. In the South Korean project, IBM is partnering with POSCO ICT “to develop South Korea’s first renewable energy management system for a smart grid.” When... [read more]

Will IBM Stay In Vermont if Yankee Leaves?

October 20, 2010 by Meredith Angwin
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Liar Liar Two Years Ago?IBM's wafer fab plant employs thousands of people in Essex Junction. It is the biggest private employer in the state. If Vermont Yankee is voted off the island, will IBM sail away?Today, Vermont Public Radio (VPR) described this issue in a short article: Shumlin Works to Change Image. VPR has these quotes from... [read more]

The smart building space just got smarter

October 18, 2010 by Tom Raftery
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I attended an IBM Analysts day last week in London where IBM briefed us on a number of announcements in the Smart buildings space.Why do we need smart buildings in the first place? What problem are they solving? Well, according to IBM, worldwide, buildings consume 42% of all electricity generated and by 2025 they will be the largest... [read more]

IBM Joins Australian Grid Project

October 14, 2010 by Big Gav
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SMartMeters.com reports that IBM has joined the consortium building a pilot smart grid project in NSW - IBM Joins Australian Grid Project.IBM has joined the $100 million Smart Grid, Smart City initiative as the systems integration partner. In addition to IBM, the EnergyAustralia Consortium consists of GE Energy Australia; AGL, Sydney... [read more]