Here’s an iPhone app that really could help save the planet while saving stressed consumers’ money: Boulder, Colo.-based startup Tendril this week unveiled a mobile software program that lets people monitor and control their home’s energy use while on the go. Say you’re sitting in the unemployment office listening to some bureaucrat drone on, so [...]
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The iPhone app that fights global warming
Posted in climate change, corporate sustainability, energy efficiency, environment, global warming, Google, green grid, green startups, green tech, renewable energy, smart grid, Web 2.0, tagged Apple, Google, iPhone, mobile app, Reliant Energy, smart grids, smart meters, Tendril, Tendril Mobile Vantage on March 6, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Coal-fired utility signs big solar deal
Posted in alternative energy, climate change, energy, environment, eSolar, global warming, Google, PG&E, renewable energy, solar energy, solar power plants, Southern California Edison, tagged coal-fired utilities, eSolar, NRG Energy, solar power plants, Southern California Edison on February 23, 2009 | 7 Comments »
photo: eSolar NRG Energy, one of the United States’ most coal-dependent utilities, on Monday signed a deal with California startup eSolar to develop solar power plants. The agreement calls for NRG to invest $10 million in Pasadena-based eSolar for the right to use the startup’s technology to develop and operate three solar power projects in [...]
Google moves onto the smart grid
Posted in alternative energy, climate change, energy efficiency, global warming, Google, green grid, IBM, PG&E, renewable energy, smart grid, tagged Google, Google.org, green grid, PowerMeter, smart grid on February 10, 2009 | 28 Comments »
Google has become the utility of the digital age, something we click on as much as we flick on a light switch or turn on the water tap. Now the search giant is literally getting into the utility business with the development of smart grid software that gives consumers real-time information on their electricity consumption. [...]
The renewable energy industry’s Obama wish list
Posted in alternative energy, energy, environment, First Solar, geothermal, Google, green collar jobs, green policy, green tech, investment tax credit, renewable energy, solar energy, Suntech, the green economy, tagged American Wind Energy Association, cap-and-trade, green agenda, Obama, renewable portfolio standard, smart grid, Solar Energy Industries Association on November 13, 2008 | 26 Comments »
The wind, solar and geothermal industries have wasted no time pressing the incoming Obama administration to implement an alternative energy agenda to spur investment and create jobs. During a conference call Thursday, the leaders of the Solar Energy Industries Association, American Wind Energy Association and other trade groups lobbied for a plethora of legislation and [...]
China’s solar giant makes U.S. move
Posted in energy, environment, First Solar, Google, OptiSolar, PG&E, renewable energy, solar energy, solar power plants, Southern California Edison, SunPower, Suntech, tagged EI Solutions, First Solar, MMA Renewable Ventures, OptiSolar, solar energy, solar power plants, SunPower, Suntech on October 2, 2008 | 12 Comments »
In another sign that the financial crisis is not slowing the solar industry, Suntech, the giant Chinese solar module maker, made a big move into the United States market on Thursday. The company announced a joint venure with green energy financier MMA Renewable Ventures to build solar power plants and said it would acquire California-based solar [...]
A green credit crunch?
Posted in climate change, electric cars, enviro startups, environment, eSolar, geothermal, global warming, Google, green financing, green startups, green tech, renewable energy, solar energy, solar power plants, Southern California Edison, Uncategorized, wind power, tagged Cool Earth Solar, credit crunch, eSolar, green tech, Ormat Technologies, renewable energy on September 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »
photo: eSolar If Wall Street’s implosion can feel remote on the West Coast, where green tech startups largely rely on Silicon Valley venture capital, there may be no escaping the fallout from the credit crunch. Still, even those renewable energy companies tapping East Coast cash have powered ahead amid the chaos on the Street. Take [...]
Google, GE to develop green energy technology
Posted in alternative energy, climate change, corporate green, energy, environment, geothermal, global warming, Google, renewable energy, Uncategorized, wind power, tagged GE, geothermal, Google, investment tax credit, production tax credit, smart grids, vehicle-to-grid on September 17, 2008 | 14 Comments »
SAN FRANCISCO – Google and General Electric said Wednesday that they will collaborate on developing geothermal power as well as technology to enable plug-in vehicles to return electricity to the grid. During Google’s (GOOG) annual Zeitgeist conference at its Silicon Valley headquarters, Google CEO Eric Schmidt and GE (GE) chief Jeff Immelt said the two [...]
Berkeley approves public financing of solar panels
Posted in alternative energy, energy, energy efficiency, Google, green policy, PG&E, solar energy, tagged Akeena Solar, Berkeley, public financing of solar arrays, solar, Sungevity, SunPower, Suntech on September 17, 2008 | 16 Comments »
BERKELEY, Calif. – The Berkeley City Council Tuesday night gave final approval for the nation’s first municipal program to finance solar arrays for homes and businesses. The city’s Sustainable Energy Financing District could accelerate the adoption of rooftop solar by overcoming one of the biggest obstacles to homegrown green energy: the $20,000 to $30,000 upfront [...]
Google invests in drilling – for geothermal energy
Posted in alternative energy, BrightSource Energy, energy, enviro startups, geothermal, Google, tagged AltaRock Energy, geothermal, Google, Google.org, Potter Drilling, Southern Methodist University Geothermal Laboratory on August 19, 2008 | 32 Comments »
Google on Tuesday took the drilling debate in a different direction – announcing that Google.org is investing nearly $11 million in technology to expand the nation’s geothermal reserves. That’s more than the U.S. government is spending on geothermal projects this year. Traditional geothermal power plants, like those built by Calpine (CPN) in Northern California, sit [...]
Eighth time’s not a charm: Senate fails again to extend key renewable energy tax credit
Posted in Abengoa Solar, alternative energy, GE Energy Financial Services, Google, green collar jobs, Hewlett-Packard, PG&E, Uncategorized, tagged investment tax credit, renewable energy, solar, solar power plants, wind on July 30, 2008 | 86 Comments »
With billions of dollars of solar and wind power projects and thousands of green-collar jobs hanging in the balance, the U.S. Senate on Wednesday again failed to extend a key investment tax credit for renewable energy. Republicans blocked the legislation from coming to the floor, marking the eighth attempt to extend the 30 percent tax [...]
