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GE’s Smart (and Subsidized) Appliances
GE plans to be a major producer of smart grid appliances and hopes to receive large government subsidies for their efforts.
Date: 07/26/2009
Type: Blog
Technologies: Smart Grid
Tags: GE, green electronics, smart appliances, smart grid
Global Solar's thin-film cells can be attached to flat roofs without racking.
Global Solar Rolls Out Stick-On Solar Panels
Global Solar has introduced a line of flexible BIPV solar modules that are designed for flat commercial rooftop buildings. Because the thin-film panels do not need racks, they can cover more roof space, generating more power.
Date: 08/31/2010
Type: Blog, News
Technologies: Solar/Photovoltaics
Tags: BIPV, building-integrated photovoltaic, CIGS, flexible solar panels, Global Solar, power generation, thin-film solar
Google PowerMeter screen shot.
Google Adds Home Efficiency Tips to PowerMeter
Google.org has added an energy-efficiency recommendations feature to PowerMeter, its home energy Web application.
Date: 08/31/2010
Type: Blog, News
Technologies: Smart Grid
Tags: energy consumption, google, home energy management, smart grid, smart meters
Google opens PowerMeter API — and the field for energy efficiency apps
Google releases the application programing interface for Google PowerMeter, a tool to provide users with real time energy use and cost data.
Date: 03/03/2010
Type: Blog
Technologies: Buildings, Control Systems, Utilities
Tags: google, smart meter
Google Pushing Solar Technology — Hard
Frustrated with the lack of recent breakthroughs in solar thermal technology, Google has decided to devote research resources to the area. The company is aiming to lower the production costs by a factor of at least two, but may have underestimated the technology's complexity.
Date: 09/28/2009
Type: Blog
Technologies: Solar/Photovoltaics
Tags: concentrating solar, google, solar research, solar thermal
Google’s Energy Foray
Google is trying to meet its growing energy demands by investing in the clean energy market. The company plans to become a major player in capturing, owning, tracking and trading energy.
Date: 05/05/2010
Type: Blog, News
Technologies: Computing and Networks, Energy Conversion
Tags: alternative energy, clean energy economy, data center, energy market, energy production, google
Green Buildings the Brick and Mortar of the Green Economy
The economic downturn presents an opportunity for economic stimulus through investing in energy retrofits in buildings.
Date: 03/16/2009
Type: Blog
Technologies: Buildings, Economic Impact
Tags: green building, green economy, stimulus
Green Data Center Design and Build Strategies
By building a data center in a climate where not much cooling is needed, large electricity savings can be realized.
Date: 08/12/2009
Type: Blog
Technologies: Data Centers
Tags: data centers, green building
Green Energy Stimulus Encompasses Hybrid Electric Vehicles
$2.4 billion in stimulus funding will be awarded for advanced battery technology for hybrid and electric-drive vehicles through the stimulus act, the largest investment in the area ever made.
Date: 08/26/2009
Type: Blog
Technologies: Transportation
Tags: battery research, electric vehicles, hybrid, stimulus
Green Job Growth in the United States
The green job market is growing at a much faster rate than the overall economy and receiving a large amount of venture capital dollars.
Date: 07/22/2009
Type: Blog
Technologies: Economic Impact
Tags: energy market, green economy, green jobs, venture capitalists

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