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Virtualisation: Real-life tales of how to get it right

Advice from the companies already using the much-hyped tech Adoption rates of virtualisation have yet to match the hype surrounding it, here Andrew Donoghue hears from businesses who've already taken the plunge. Despite vendors touting the numerous ...

From ANDREW DONOGHUE, Silicon.com,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Oracle,  Trinity Mirror,  Microsoft Corporation,  Gartner, Inc.,  IBM

Spain acquires €25m carbon credits from Poland

Shortly after successfully lobbying against having its carbon cap tightened, Poland has agreed to sell around €25m worth of carbon credits to Spain in a move allowed under the Kyoto Protocol. Managed by the European Bank For Reconstruction and ...

From ANDREW DONOGHUE, VNUNet.com,  10 Nov 2009

Related Topics: European Commission

Bosch secures majority stake in Aleo Solar

German technology giant Bosch has become the majority stakeholder in Aleo Solar AG as part of moves to increase its presence in the market for solar panels. In a statement released this week, Bosch said that it had secured 68.7 per cent of Aleo, which ...

From ANDREW DONOGHUE, VNUNet.com,  10 Nov 2009

Sainsbury's will switch to C02 to save C02

UK retailer Sainsbury's has announced a seemingly counterintuitive strategy to cut the amount of CO2 emitted from its refrigerators - by switching them to use CO2. In a speech made today to the Environment Agency conference, the retailer's chief ...

From ANDREW DONOGHUE, VNUNet.com,  10 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Environment Agency,  Greenpeace,  Tesco P.L.C.,  United Nations Environment Programme

Campaigners warn carbon markets will trigger next sub-prime crisis

Carbon cap-and-trade schemes are a dangerous distraction and could trigger the next sub-prime financial crisis, according to environmental campaigners and academics. In a report released today, Friends of The Earth says that carbon markets have been ...

From ANDREW DONOGHUE, VNUNet.com,  4 Nov 2009

Related Topics: University of Oxford

Four US states receive $38m in green funding

While President Obama struggles to get approval for climate change legislation, the federal government continues to fund energy-efficiency projects using cash from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. In a statement this week, the US Department ...

From ANDREW DONOGHUE, VNUNet.com,  4 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  U.S. Congress,  U.S. Senate

UK biomass plans heat up with Peterborough Energy Park

Construction of a new 80MW biomass facility near Peterborough has been given the go-ahead. Located in Storey's Bar Gate area of the city, the facility will be operated by Peterborough Renewable Energy (PREL), which plans to set up a network of similar ...

From ANDREW DONOGHUE, VNUNet.com,  4 Nov 2009

Related Topics: David Kidney

All aboard the Copenhagen Express

One of the issues around holding climate change meetings such as the upcoming Copenhagen talks is how to offset the carbon generated getting to the event by the hundreds of delegates involved. The UN appears to have hit on one way to avoid ...

From ANDREW DONOGHUE, VNUNet.com,  29 Oct 2009

Related Topics: BBC,  Tesco P.L.C.,  Centrica P.L.C.,  European Commission

Centrica-backed offshore wind farm planned for 2010

British Gas owner Centrica has announced that construction of its 270MW offshore wind project is expected to begin next year after the project received final approval from investors. In a further sign that the interest in wind energy projects may be ...

From ANDREW DONOGHUE, VNUNet.com,  29 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Centrica P.L.C.,  European Commission

Copenhagen is a "business opportunity" says EC president

UN climate change talks in Copenhagen in December will provide European businesses with a unique chance to prepare to compete in the low-carbon markets that will emerge over the next decade, according to European commission president José Manuel ...

From ANDREW DONOGHUE, VNUNet.com,  29 Oct 2009

Related Topics: European Commission,  Greenpeace,  United Nations,  Barack Obama

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