Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2020 05:10:41 +0000
Big tech has entered the oil business. Well, not all of big tech, because we do have Tesla out there trying to decrease our dependence on fossil fuels. Companies like Microsoft, Amazon, and Google, however, are a bit different. They are talking the talk, but when it comes to the oil and gas industry, they are eager to work with companies to find easier ways to extract oil
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 00:00:13 +0000
Volkswagen is launching into what could be a huge electric decade that reinvents and rejuvenates the large global automotive group. Yes, the Volkswagen ID.3 — which is sort of supposed to be the VW Beetle or Golf of this century — has some delays. Reinvention can be tough
Credit to Author: Edward Ongweso Jr| Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2019 18:59:51 +0000
Over the past decade, Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft, Netflix, Apple, and Google have been at the cutting edge of corporate tax avoidance.
Read moreCredit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sun, 01 Dec 2019 00:10:16 +0000
The increase in CPU cycles to advance machine learning has been accompanied by advances in efficiencies of computer technology and lower carbon electricity, but it’s worth paying attention to. It’s only going to increase.
Credit to Author: Edward Ongweso Jr| Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2019 17:48:41 +0000
After ignoring endless internal and external protests, Amazon is now launching one over the Pentagon awarding the JEDI contract to Microsoft.
Read moreCredit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2019 01:53:44 +0000
I came across a very interesting statistic the other day from the IEA’s Renewables 2018 report. The statistic is that 50% of total energy consumption globally is used for the production of heat for our homes, industry, and other applications
Credit to Author: Joseph Cox| Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2019 14:40:36 +0000
Even though GitHub leadership and others oppose ICE’s child separation policy, an internal email suggests GitHub won’t stop ICE from renewing a contract with the tech company.
Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2019 15:03:14 +0000
The post ENGIE, Microsoft Seal Innovative ‘Firm Power’ PPA for 230 MW Wind and Solar in Texas appeared first on POWER Magazine.
ENGIE, the world’s largest independent power producer, has signed an innovative volume firming agreement (VMA) with Microsoft that will allow the technology giant to buy “firm” power from wind and solar projects in Texas under a specially structured power purchase agreement (PPA). The companies on Sept. 24 said the long-term PPA will allow Microsoft to […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: The Beam| Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2019 08:00:58 +0000
Commitment to sustainability has required untiring efforts from corporates. The race does not stop at 100% renewables. For taking up the sustainability reins, an attack is the best form of defense. At the beginning of this process, pragmatism was important. Corporate renewable energy pioneers were mainly focusing on standard corporate power purchase agreements (PPAs) and guarantees of origin (GOs). Now, sustainability leaders mainly focus on three areas: Location, supply chain, and synchronization of consumption and renewable energy supply
Credit to Author: Joseph Cox| Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2019 19:46:34 +0000
Leaked documents show that Microsoft’s contractors are paid between $12 and $14 an hour and are asked to transcribe as many as 200 audio clips per hour to train the Cortana virtual assistant.
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