Clean Energy Digest

Google has done a good job throwing mainstream media reporters off of the scent when it comes to their recent filing with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). The New York Times Bits Blog (which is a tech focused blog) seemed to take the following quote from a Google rep at face value.
“We want to [...]

About a year ago we mentioned that Google was investing in an enhanced geothermal energy company called AltaRock Energy. In fact, both Google and the U.S. Department of Energy made significant investments in AltaRock’s plan to drill deep into dry but hot caverns in Northern California in a bid to, “…create an EGS reservoir that [...]

You have to hand it to Google. They keep coming up with innovative ideas to reduce the consumption of fossil fuels and the harmful emissions that go along with them. Unfortunately some of the efforts that they trumpet as “low carbon”, “green” or “renewable” don’t pass the common sense test.
You may remember that one time [...]

Last week Google.org announced their latest round of clean energy investments which are geared towards the development of unconventional geothermal technology. A total of about 11 million dollars will be invested across two companies and a university in order to lower the cost, improve the technical feasibility and expand research in the area of Enhanced [...]

Google, along with the Brookings Institution, is sponsoring a conference to discuss plug-in hybrid automobiles. In addition to the conference Google has put out a call for videos. According to the Google.org website, “Would you like to drive a plug-in car or truck? Create a video telling us why. If you already own one, create [...]

I’ve mentioned Google’s RechargeIT initiative before but found something interesting about it recently that is worth sharing. Google has installed a chip in each of their test vehicles to track the performance of the cars. According to the RechargeIT site, ” All of these cars are outfitted with data recording devices that track technical [...]

A recent news item in the Atlanta Journal Constitution highlights Google’s efforts to create a green campus at their Mountain View, CA headquarters. According to the article titled Google’s Big Bucks Back Green Ideas, “Already, office lights and computers get their power partly from 9,200 solar panels that cover almost every rooftop here, which Google [...]

This video shows a discussion that took place at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Leaders from Google talk about poverty, climate change and the efforts of Google to invest in clean energy technology via their Google.org subsidiary.
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The big news today is that more Silicon Valley money is moving into clean energy technology. Google has announced a widespread initiative that, among other things, aims to make renewable energy cheaper than coal.
As a result Google will be investing in wind, solar and plug-in hybrid technology. Here’s a quote from Google’s press release about [...]