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-A "It is with us Katerina Xristofilidou. Good Afternoon Katerina"
-K "Good Afternoon"
-A "Surfing with.....Wind Power"
-K "The least, a green surfing. Let's go see it."
-A " Very nice"
- " The internet gets green with energy from the Wind"
-K " It seems innocent, simple and friendly to the environment, and in some extend it is, but based on viable sources the use of internet accounts for 2% of all gases liable for global warming" "Saving Energy is a top priority. Some companies have taken a step further and utilize their Internet services energized with Wind Power, and they are here in Greece"
- Reporter, D. Stefopoulos " The use of computers and the Internet has certainly improved our way of life. The energy though required for their use is big. A home with a desktop computer and a laptop can consumer 343 KWh every year which accounts for emissions of 250 Kgs of carbon dioxide. The global usage is even bigger if we take into consideration the use of computer system servers"
- Greenpeace Energy Secretary "450TWh of global internet use is more than the annual use of energy of France. The margins to save energy are vast and are calculated to more than 70% of current use. Had this happened, imagine that 10 Energy Plants could shut down."

-Reporter "Such energy save is possible with some very simple ways"
- Internet Now Presenter " Are we away from our computer more than 10 minutes? Shut down your computer. Do you want to leave your computer on, even after leave? At least close the videos and all applications that "burn" "
- IT Expert " We buy energy hungry computers of extreme power that we do not really need.

-Reporter " An even more responsible stand is taken by some companies that run their internet services with energy powered by the wind"

- Athanassios, Industrial Designer " We found a host company in the States. We transfered all our software interface and our data center to their servers and this company has bought energy certificates for electricity produced by Wind."

-Reporter" An energy that is both more clean and more economical"

Athanassios, Industrial Designer"We had at cost of at least 500 euro just for the electricity every year and now it is less than 100"

There are 240,000 of greek companies that work on the internet and the cost of just leaving one computer opened has been calculated to 40 million euro every year".

Surfing the internet with energy powered by the Wind

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