solar

Cisco’s Bangalore Campus Now Powered by Solar

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Cisco recently signed two solar power purchase agreements (PPAs) that will collectively deliver 85,000 megawatt-hours of clean, renewable electricity every year to the campus' local electric grid.

March 20, 2018

NETWORKING

Solar Secures Infrastructure with Cisco DNA

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Improve infrastructure security? Or improve infrastructure management? Why not both? These were the questions on the minds of the team at Solar.eu. #CiscoDNA

Cisco Opens New Solar Facility to Power San Jose Campus

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Cisco's new solar facility in California will help us achieve our goals of advancing environmentally sustainable growth by producing approximately 60,000 megawatt-hours of clean, renewable solar power each year.

Tesla Powerwall May Be a Game Changer for PV Energy Production, but Distribution Networking is Vital

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During Elon Musk’s presentation of Tesla Powerwall, a battery system that lets you store energy to power your home, he shared a slide showing a small area of the Texas panhandle – with a small blue square representing the land area necessary to produce enough solar power to meet the entire electric power needs of […]

Why Cisco, Why Solar, Why Now

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In the past year, Cisco has significantly ramped up its use of renewable energy with a focus on solar.  We’ve been sharing these activities in press releases, blog posts, videos and our annual CSR report, but we haven’t talked about why – and these reasons are deeper than just a commitment to the environment. Here’s […]

Cisco’s People Going Solar at Home

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The people of Cisco in the United States and Canada can now buy or lease solar power for their homes at a discount, thanks to an initiative between the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and Geostellar, an online marketer of solar systems. The program uses bulk buying power to give employees, families, and friends access to solar […]

Cisco is Picking up Speed with Solar

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Did you know that every hour the sun beams onto Earth more than enough energy to satisfy global energy needs for an entire year? Or that solar energy produces little to no greenhouse gasses? Clearly, solar power has the potential to reduce our reliance on other forms of energy, but how do we harness it? Cisco is […]

October 24, 2013

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

The Impact of Distributed Generation

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Distributed generation is getting increasing attention for impact on the electric utility industry.  DG has been the subject of a number of high profile articles in Business Week, the Wall St. Journal and several online business and industry news sites.  The Business Week article was particularly provocative, leading with the title, “Why the U.S. Power […]