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First geothermal cooling plant in Masdar City, UAE starts operations

ThinkGeoEnergy

ADNOC and the National Central Cooling Company PJSC (Tabreed) have announced the start of operations at G2COOL, the first district cooling project in the Gulf Region to harness geothermal energy. The cooling of buildings accounts for up to 70% of the UAE’s electricity consumption.

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Water scarcity: A growing risk for companies and investors

GreenBiz

The French cosmetics manufacturer operates three "dry factories" — in Spain, Russia and Italy — where all the water used in its industrial processes, such as for cleaning and cooling, is purified and reused onsite. And the company plans to introduce the system elsewhere. Rising rates.

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Majority of companies to miss net-zero targets, analysis shows

Envirotec Magazine

However, the study found that just one in 20 (5%) of the European companies in the study are on track to achieve their net-zero target dates in their own operations, covering scope 1 and 2 emissions, if they continue the pace of emissions reduction that they achieved between 2010 and 2019, with only 9% on course to meet a 2050 target.

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How Much Energy Do Data Centers Really Use?

Energy Innovation

The electricity used by these IT devices is ultimately converted into heat, which must be removed from the data center by cooling equipment that also runs on electricity. On average, servers and cooling systems account for the greatest shares of direct electricity use in data centers, followed by storage drives and network devices (Figure 1).

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The world’s 4th coral bleaching event has officially arrived

Grist

Previous mass bleaching events happened in 1998, 2010, and between 2014 and 2017. Although a period of ocean cooling, known as La Niña, is expected to bring relief this summer, the amount of bleached coral reefs will increase by about 1 percent per week while high temperatures persist.

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Infographic – Geothermal heating in France

ThinkGeoEnergy

Infographic – Places that are heated by geothermal energy in France (source: BRGM) Radio France Since the day of its inauguration on 14 December 1963, the Maison de la Radio has been heated and cooled by deep geothermal energy, drawing on the Albien aquifer to heat and cool the building.

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The Sierra Club's Top 20 Cool Schools

Green Market Oracle

Despite the additional complications posed by the coronavirus pandemic a record 312 institutions participated in Sierra's annual Cool Schools rankings in 2020. Here is a countdown of Sierra's top 20 Cool Schools as described by Katie: 20. It all adds up to a two-spot leap for this very cool community of 34,000+ students.

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