Peter Williams, CTO of IBM's Big Green Innovations initiative, outlines how the IT giant is diversifying into solar power, smart grids and environmental management in a discussion with BusinessGreen.
According to the interview, the Big Green Innovations portfolio has been divided into four areas: water, alternative energy, carbon management and computational models.In the case of the water, IBM has taken the super computer technology that is used to run weather forecasts and is developing systems to take that data and use it to better support water management and irrigation decisions. So if you thought IBM and water does not mix, think again. Hudson river and a project on the Paraguay-Paraná river system in Brazil, IBM has put to work the water management system to work, which operates similar to High Energy Power Grid.
When it comes to Solar energy, IBM is adapting some of it's material science expertise acquired in the development of semi conductors and applying it to the silicon cells used in photovoltaic solar panels. But you might not see Solar Panels with IBM Logo. IBM plans to license the technology to company which has a foothold in that arena.
IBM also have developed complex management diagnostic models that assess the relationship between carbon emissions and other business factors. So it plans to provide better carbon management solutions that really work.
Finally, IBM stand to gain from the technology it is developing with this Green Innivation. IBM is about to launch a Green Sigma service, which we have trademarked and builds on the Six Sigma lean process principles. It will focus on ways to develop processes to bring down the carbon intensity of products and processes and create a lean green business. We plan to pilot it inside IBM and with some external customers and then refine it and take it to market
Interview could be found here.
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