IBM lowers solar power costs

Last week, IBM announced a new approach to lowering the cost of solar power, reports Ars Technica.

Though it's a long way from commercialisation, the technique is worth taking a close look at because it exploits some of the technology that IBM has developed for cooling CPUs in order to improve solar cell efficiency.

IBM's research in this area also fits within the context of wider industry "green technology" efforts, which are already having a real impact in the data centre.

Corporate India is just as committed as Europe and the US to sustainability, says Vineet Nayar, CEO of HCL Technologies, states Business247.

"Indian businessmen are global businessmen - they are not isolated in India," he says. "And the entire economy is global so you just can't say the economy is isolated."

HCL Technologies, one of India's leading global information technology services companies, currently employs 50 000 people and operates in 18 countries, and reports annual revenue of approximately $1.5 billion.

An exhibit housing lion-tailed macaques at the Toronto Zoo will be retrofitted with green technology in the hopes of reducing emissions, saving money and educating the public at the major tourist attraction, says The Star.

The province will contribute money from its Community Conservation Initiative to help fund a geothermal energy system, which will use heat from within the Earth to control temperature in the monkey's habitat.

It's an ideal way for the zoo to showcase an environmentally friendly heating and cooling system to the facility's 1.4 million annual visitors.