alternative energy

Supercomputer Upgrades for Work on Climate Change and Renewable Energy

In alternative energy, mathematics, science, technology on 16 November 2008 with View Comments

If I had a supercomputer with 1,645 teraflops of processing power and over 360 terabytes of memory, I'd make a few cycles available to scientists working on climate modeling and renewable energy. "According to NCCS, key projects that will benefit from the Jaguar upgrade include, the Climate Change Initiative, which “aims to accelerate discoveries about [...]

Offshore Datahaven

In alternative energy, cloud data on 21 September 2008 with View Comments

In the patent application seen by The Times, Google writes: “Computing centres are located on a ship or ships, anchored in a water body from which energy from natural motion of the water may be captured, and turned into electricity and/or pumping power for cooling pumps to carry heat away.”