- March 17, 2007
General Motors battery development: Details with simple slides about GM's PHEV battery efforts.
http://www.novak.com/weblog/2007/03/16.html#a3457
- March 17, 2007
Start-Up Fervor Shifts to Energy in Silicon Valley: Yet more coverage of the boomlet that started in 2001. "Out of the ashes of the Internet bust, many technology veterans have regrouped and found a new mission in alternative energy: developing wind power, solar panels, ethanol plants and hydrogen-powered cars. It is no secret that venture capitalists have begun pouring billions into energy-related start-ups with names like SunPower, Nanosolar and Lilliputian Systems. ...
http://www.novak.com/weblog/2007/03/16.html#a3456
- March 17, 2007
Clone your Active Directory in 12 minutes using VMWare: Short instructions.
http://www.novak.com/weblog/2007/03/16.html#a3455
- March 17, 2007
TechComparison - Linux Virtualization Wiki: Interesting comparison chart of virtualization technologies. Also: a story of a satisfied Xen user.
http://www.novak.com/weblog/2007/03/16.html#a3454
- March 16, 2007
When to use VDI, when to use server-based computing, and how the Citrix Ardence dynamic desktop fits into all this: Long and thorough article comparing the different desktop models. Also profiles Ardence virtual disks, an "iSCSI-lite" for non-persistent disks that can be delivered for PXE boot as well as run time read.
http://www.novak.com/weblog/2007/03/16.html#a3453
- March 16, 2007
Transmission Access For Renewable Energy: Important regulatory innovations go national. " The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) adopted a new regulation on February 15th that aims to allow greater access to transmission lines for power generators of all types, including renewable energy projects. The new rule exempts intermittent power generators, such as wind power plants, from excessive "imbalance" charges when the amount of energy they deliver is different than the...
http://www.novak.com/weblog/2007/03/16.html#a3452
- March 16, 2007
Fats Into Jet Fuel: "New biofuels technology developed by North Carolina State University engineers has the potential to turn virtually any fat source &150; vegetable oils, oils from animal fat and even oils from algae &150; into fuel to power jet airplanes. .. It can also be used to make additives for cold-weather biodiesel fuels and holds the potential to fuel automobiles that currently run on gasoline. .. &147;We can take virtually any lipid-based feedstock, or raw material with a fat..
http://www.novak.com/weblog/2007/03/16.html#a3451
- March 16, 2007
Self-Assembling Batteries: "Researchers at MIT have designed a rechargeable lithium-ion battery
that assembles itself out of microscopic materials. This could lead to
ultrasmall power sources for sensors and micromachines the size of the
head of a pin. It could also make it possible to pack battery materials
in unused space inside electronic devices." Earlier related story: Batteries That Assemble Themselves:
"Biology may be the key to producing light-weight, inexpensive,...
http://www.novak.com/weblog/2007/03/16.html#a3450
- March 16, 2007
Researchers convert heat to electricity using organic molecules: "Arun Majumdar, UC Berkeley professor of mechanical engineering was principal investigator of the study.. His team successfully generated electricity from heat by trapping organic molecules between metal nanoparticles, an achievement that could pave the way toward the development of a new source for energy." While it's a long way from marketable form, it would have implications for energy, nanomaterials, and...
http://www.novak.com/weblog/2007/03/16.html#a3449
- March 13, 2007
Global Clean Energy Market Report: From Clean Edge and Nth Power. "Global clean-energy markets are poised to quadruple in the next decade, growing from $55.4 billion in revenues in 2006 to more than $226.5 billion by 2016." Charts and summary report online, with numerous references. Highlights: "the global biofuels market was slightly larger than both solar and wind, reaching $20.5 billion in 2006 and projected to grow to more than $80 billion by 2016. Clean Edge...
http://www.novak.com/weblog/2007/03/13.html#a3448
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