What with the move of much computing into the cloud and the huge energy consumption of the necessary data centres this looks lie an obviously good move.
On Thursday, state-run news agency Xinhua reported that the authorities have now set a target designed to curb the growing consumption of energy, and coal in particular.
According to Emmanouil Koukoumidis, a visiting researcher at MIT who led the project, cars are responsible for 28 percent of the energy consumption and 32 percent of the carbon dioxide emissions in the United States.
The energy released by a large hurricane can exceed the energy consumption of the human race for a whole year, and even an average tornado has a power similar to that of a large power station.
Every three years we look ahead 30 years and we look at the total need or consumption of energy in the world as we see it at that point.
Coal is the third most consumed fossil fuel and will represent 28% of the world's energy consumption by 2035, according to a report by the Department of Energy.
What this is all suggests is that the human spirit in its most daring moments has actually manifested physical attenuations of energy expenditure, reducing the tally of total energy consumption by exponential multiples undreamed of a few generations ago.
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The most important factor was the energy consumption of PCs not actually in use, for example, automatic shut down over night.
Together, the amount of energy tied to water consumption totals just under half of all the energy this country uses.
In theory, many companies can share the IT infrastructure of a few providers which, in turn, should reduce the overall energy consumption of SMEs worldwide.
The estimates of total primary energy consumption are those of the EIA. For GDP figures, the EIA used data from Global Insight.
So all of these things will have a cumulative effect to reduce the portion of our energy consumption that comes from foreign sources, and by doing that, reduce the impact of fluctuations in the global oil market on average Americans.
Blanco plans to turn the case study into a Web-based tool to help other companies calculate and potentially reduce the energy consumption of products moved over long distances by multiple means of transport.
The third reason for rising Gulf consumption is the inefficiency of domestic energy markets.
Since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, energy consumption per person in the U.S. has crept ahead at 3% per year.
The impact of energy consumption on this number is even more stunning.
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Unlike traditional "centralized" systems, distributed energy relies on small power-generating technologies like solar panels or ultra-efficient natural-gas turbines built near the point of energy consumption to supplement or displace grid-distributed electricity.
The company says it will be capable of generating enough energy to meet the average annual electricity consumption of about 8, 000 homes.
"My guess is that solar energy will be 40 to 70 percent of the total energy consumption, 30 to 60 years from now, " he said.
The researchers revealed that by analysing and tweaking the design of Wikipedia, energy consumption could be reduced by 30% - without affecting the user experience.
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China will "endeavor" to cut emissions of carbon dioxide -- the most prevalent of the greenhouse gases that cause climate change -- by "a notable margin" in coming years, Hu said, adding that China also will "vigorously develop renewable energy and nuclear energy" with the goal of increasing the share of non-fossil fuels in total energy consumption to 15 percent by 2020.
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Health experts have been trying to get our attention about the issue of energy drink consumption by kids for some time.
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Third, we should figure out how to use the scale of government energy consumption, especially through DOD, to provide test beds for important new technologies.
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In addition, according to the U.S. Energy Information Agency, the U.S. has reduced its energy consumption per unit of GDP by nearly 50% since 1980 and 20% since 1999.
Between 1990 and 2010, according to data from the IEA, the share of renewables in total energy consumption has fallen slightly or remained stagnant in virtually all African countries, with the interesting exceptions of Mozambique, Kenya, and Angola.
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But as China's economy continues to grow, so does the country's energy consumption, and with it the scale of the challenge that the State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA) faces.
And this has multiple consequences -- not just in saving money, but it also has consequences in terms of reducing energy consumption, dealing with the environment, importation of foreign oil, et cetera.
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In broader terms, Defra says the UK food and drink industry accounted for 11% of the country's energy consumption, excluding transport, in 2002.
In 2006, the first year of the plan, the country's reduction in energy intensity, which measures energy consumption per unit of economic output, was a mere 1.23%.
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