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We’ve come a long way since the Tweet-a-Watt. Thanks to SmartSynch, the University of Mississipi will soon be providing students and faculty with Twitter and Facebook updates based on smart meter energy consumption data. Building awareness is the goal, but it also opens the door to some tantalizing possibilities. While Facebook and Twitter work to establish an e-commerce footing, projects like this may help to cement a role for social networks on the smart grid . Home energy management Facebook apps? Utilities tweeting their time-of-use pricing switchover intervals? It can happen.

i/o expands focus to DCIM software

Phoenix based i/o is focusing on the data center infrastructure management (DCIM) market. It's a fairly crowded market, but i/o will release its own software development kit (SDK) to allow clients to write their own apps for the needs of their individual data centers.

Submitted by Adam Lesser
ENN Group to invest $8B in U.S. clean energy: report

The Chinese energy company is looking to the U.S. cleantech market over the next decade.

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GE completes $3.2B acquisition of French energy tech firm

GE's buying spree in the energy market continued with the completion of its acquisition of France based Converteam. Converteam makes generators and motors that are designed to provide lower emissions and energy efficiency in a variety of industrial applications.

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To clear digital waste in computers, ‘think green,’ Johns Hopkins researchers say

A paper out from researchers at Johns Hopkins suggests a framework for managing "ewaste." Inefficient code and legacy applications can bog down hardware systems, require more energy, and deplete storage space.

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Seeing red on green tech

The political fallout from Solyndra's bankruptcy begins.

Submitted by Adam Lesser