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Did I Mention That I Hate NIMBYs?

July 1, 2010

Business and the Environment, Cleantech, New Zealand, Waipara

mainpower, meridian, mt cass, waipara, windfarm

I’ve written before about the proposal of a local company to build a windfarm in the hills near where I live. An article in The Press newspaper this morning made my blood boil and made me happy that I…

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Make your PC green…

August 7, 2008

Business, Business and the Environment, Cleantech

edison, greewash, verdiem

Verdiem, a company specialising in reducing energy waste for enterprises, has released a downloadable application, Edison, that seeks to reduce energy use on PCs. I downloaded and installed the application (which is kind of nice in its design and…

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Eco data centres

August 2, 2008

Business, Cleantech, Design, Efficiency, IT

renewables

Cool post over here about plans to build data centres where good sources of renewable energy exist. The theory goes like this; Transmission of energy to a data centre located close to use = mucho expensive Transmission of data…

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Tidal power go ahead

April 15, 2008

Business and the Environment, Cleantech, New business, New Zealand, Society

News that Neptune Energy has been given the go-ahead to place an experimental turbine capable of producing 1MW of power in 80m of water 4.5km off the south coast of Wellington. Director of Neptune Energy, Chris Bathurst says; When…

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A grand vision…

March 18, 2008

Business, Cleantech, Economic Development, Society, Strategy

biofuels, economies, NZ herald, nzwc, unreasonablemen.net

This isn’t my normal topic, but I can’t resist. I’ve secretly always harbored a dream that NZ might really make something of itself. Do what Germany & Japan did post WWII & Ireland have done recently & recreate their…

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Good news for NZ windfarms….

March 18, 2008

Business and the Environment, Cleantech, New Zealand

Not software related but definitely hi-tech and a NZ success story in the making. News this morning that Windflow Technology reports an improved six month position. They’re still running at a loss but less so than in previous periods.…

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Crowdsourcing cleantech…

February 28, 2008

Business and the Environment, Cleantech, New business, Strategy

Yet another high-flying Silicon Valley entrepreneur is planning to capitalize on the growing popularity of “green” technology, and to do it, he’s tapping the wisdom of crowds as well as their cash. Steve Newcomb, a co-founder of search startup…

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Here’s an investment bargain…

February 27, 2008

Business and the Environment, Cleantech

Clean tech is the big thing of the future. It’s also (relatively) insulated from the sub prime woes as no matter the economy, Kyoto continues. Strange then that WindfarmsNZ share price has slumped so markedly of late. Especially so…

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