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Google energy guru hot on geothermal
Dan Reicher, the director of climate and energy initiatives at Google.org, says we're standing on a great untapped source of renewable energy: enhanced geothermal. - Read More
Tags : geothermal
Topics : Geothermal Energy Renewable Energy
The Google Energy Plan
Part of the Google plan includes stricter building codes, a commitment to wind and solar tax credits and a carbon tax. The group is also lobbying for an upgrade of the national power grid network, which would include householders having meters that would let them see how much energy they consumed. - Read More
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How to fix US Energy Problems, according to Google
This post has some good data and a nice graph from Google on how each of the alternative sources can contribute to the total energy demand such that the total demand is fully met by alternative energy sources by the year 2030. - Read More
Google, Rockport Large Investors during Quarter
Google Inc. and RockPort Capital Partners led a quarterly record $2.6 billion in investments among developers of solar power, grid efficiency, and algae-based energy technologies, according to Cleantech Group. Venture capital firms invested in 158 startups in the third quarter, including a record $95 million for Sapphire Energy and Solazyme, which are developing fuels from algae ponds that could replace diesel and gasoline. - Read More
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Topics : Finance
Google, GE to Collaborate on Smart Grid, Geothermal
GE and Google don’t have a lot in common, but the industrial giant and the Internet powerhouse share an interesting in renewable energy. So they have come together to lobby for a so-called smart electricity grid and to collaborate, albeit in an unspecified way, in research into geothermal energy. - Read More
Tags : smart grid geothermal general electric
Topics : Finance Geothermal Energy