Green Bond Funds and the role of R&E networks

Around the world universities, R&E networks and researchers in general are looking at an increasingly austere future of budget cutbacks and reduced funding for higher education.

Big Science and Sustainable Energy - Second annual workshop

I am pleased to see that CERN is hosting the second annual workshop on Big Science and Sustainable Energy at http://goo.gl/2X8d1U.   Big science is a voracious consumer of energy.  A large part of this consumption is from the high performance computing requirements to process all the data generated by Big Science. Given the predicted fragility of the electrical grid due to increased adverse weather brought on by global warming, it is heartening to see some scientists and engineers looking at renewable energy, and alternate architectures for processing the data.

Major New Funding Opportunities for Internet Researchers and R&E Networks- NAMAs

Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Action (NAMA) is a new policy program that was developed at the Bali United Nations Climate Change Conference.

The Keystone XL Pipeline and the role of R&E networks

There has been a lot of discussion lately on the environmental impact of the proposed Keystone-XL pipeline that is intended to carry heavy oil from the tar sands in Alberta to refineries on the US Gulf Coast.

How Transport SDN could revolutionize R&E networks

[It is exciting to see the recent announcements from ESnet and Infinera of their first Transport SDN demo. 

Latest developments in dynamic charging for eVehicles

I have put together a slide deck and the following pointers on the latest development of dynamic charging of eVehicles. Clearly Korea and China are the world's leader with actual working deployments.

High Level Architecture for Building Zero Carbon Internet Networks , ICT products and services

 Architecture for Building Zero Carbon Internet Networks , ICT products and services

The myth of population density and the high cost of broadband

One of the enduring myths that is used by apologists for incumbent broadband operators as to the high cost of broadband in Canada and the US is our low population density.

Netherlands to deploy worlds first mobile charging system - energy Internet

[Here is a cool project in the in the province of Branbant in The Netherlands that embodies many of the ideas I have been talking about in terms of using eVehicles as a competitive alternative to the electrical grid.

Recharge Your Electric Car Through Its Tires for Mobile Charging

Given the shortcomings of vehicle batteries–their high cost, the time it takes to recharge them, and the fact that they store less energy as they age (they’re expected to lose about 20 percent over 8 years)–many researchers are looking for alternative ways to power electric cars.

Taking on established battery makers and making electric vehicles mainstream will require far more radical advances

Good article from MIT press. Taking on established battery makers and making electric vehicles mainstream will require far more radical advances. http://techre.vu/X8f4bt

Autonomous Vehicles as mobile energy storage systems

[Readers of this blog are probably well aware that I have long argued that any scheme to mitigate or adapt to  climate change must provide tangible benefits to consumers.