Taiwanese researchers said yesterday they have developed hydrogen-powered mobile phone chargers, setting the stage for the island to become a major player in green technologies.
The device, called an “energy ball” as it comes in a spherical form no larger than a thumb, can recharge a cellphone battery in two hours simply by connecting the two, [...]

LONDON (Reuters) - European investors are returning to green technology stocks after switching to safer investments earlier in the recession, and companies involved in energy efficiency and biofuel production show the most potential.
Interest in the clean technology sector is running high as governments set emissions targets and unveil subsidies for technologies to combat climate change, [...]

Singapore’s ambition to become Asia’s carbon trading centre will take some time to be realized, even as the nascent industry expands and global momentum gathers to restrict pollution.
The Sustainable Energy Association of Singapore chairman Edwin Khew said yesterday carbon trading here could take till 2011 to kick off in a big way, when the first [...]

Singapore’s green industry has been given another boost.
The first electric vehicle (EV) charging station that harnesses energy solely from the sun was launched yesterday.
It traps sunlight using four roof-mounted panels to generate an average of 3.15kwh a day – enough to charge four electric scooters a day.

Located at the Singapore Polytechnic, the $30,000 standalone station [...]

It is six in the evening on a weekday - knock-off time. Thinking about the night out with friends that awaits, a worker grabs her personal effects, dumps them into her handbag and makes a hasty exit.
She forgets to turn off her workstation.
Sounds familiar?
Multiply that scenario countless times - from careless use of IT gizmos [...]

Earth Hour is back. Are you ready to do your part? Sign up now! Vote Earth and switch off.
This year, Earth Hour has been transformed into the world’s first global election, between Earth and global warming.
For the first time in history, people of all ages, nationalities, race and background have the opportunity to use their [...]

Singapore aims to recycle 30 per cent of its food waste by 2012. But for now, the rate stands at only about nine per cent.
So one home-grown food and beverage company is planning to do its part by recycling food waste this year.
It is the first to do so on its own, on its own [...]

First of all, we wish all a Merry Christmas and cheers to a better year ahead! We have been busy so apologies for not updating the site as often.
Let’s start this last week of 2008 with Green IT. Take a look at the video from TechRepublic for a belief introduction of what Green IT is [...]