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Google Closer To Clean Energy Project Investing?

at an event at Google’s offices in San Francisco on Monday night, the company’s director of climate change and energy initiatives, Dan Reicher, said that Google will soon make a step into clean energy project investing. How exactly Google plans to do that, Reicher didn’t elaborate, but Reicher has made similar comments before about how Google wants to become more active in helping clean power projects cross the so-called “valley of death,” where promising technologies can easily flounder from lack of funding between the research and development stage and the commercialization stage.
via earth2tech.com

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Posted December 1, 2009
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World's biggest offshore windfarm launched...eventually [guardian.co.uk]

via guardian.co.uk

This is funny...
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"But an industry audience brought together in a civic centre to watch the opening via a videolink with the 209MW windfarm, watched in silence as the turbines failed to turn.

Half a minute later as a breeze developed and the first blade slowly began to rotate, there were cheers of relief as much as joy from executives of the developer, Dong, and its guests."

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Posted September 23, 2009
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Solar Installation sector picking up speed

via green.venturebeat.com

"With more solar installers entering the field, each offering appealing financing and leasing plans for homeowners and businesses — SunRun, SolarCity and Borrego Solar, among them — the competition is heating up."
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And that's good for all of us. :)

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Posted September 22, 2009
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Maryland turning to offshore wind energy

"The Maryland Energy Administration asked wind developers to express their interest in building industrial-size windmills a dozen or more miles off the state's 31-mile Atlantic coastline. At the same time, the energy agency said it is launching a study to gauge the economic viability and environmental impact of such a project."

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The economic viability study should be a one sentence reminder.
We need to reduce our dependency on foreign oil.

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Posted September 18, 2009
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Are You Kidding Me? "Rooftop Solar Setback in California"
via greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com

From the New York Times:
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"The bill would have raised the amount of solar electricity utilities can buy from their customers, and solar advocates say rooftop solar installations – and thousands of related jobs – are in danger if the limit isn’t raised soon."
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Makes no sense.

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Posted September 18, 2009
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20 universities gathering for 2009 Solar Decathlon [Reuters]

via blogs.reuters.com

"Another team to watch is Rice University, which will feature its Zerow House, a no-nonsense solar house meant to be affordable to low-income families. (The name combines Zero and Row, since row houses are a Houston icon.)"

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Posted September 16, 2009
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GE boosts offshore wind with acquisition {But here's what jumped out at me}
via news.cnet.com

"..GE said that offshore wind is projected to balloon from an installed base of 1.5 gigawatts in 2008 to 30 gigawatts by 2020, driven by European renewable energy mandates and falling wind power prices. A typical size nuclear or coal power plant has a generating capacity of about one gigawatt, or 1,000 megawatts."

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Posted September 14, 2009
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BrightSource CEO On Building A Carbon-free Future

via blogs.reuters.com

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Posted September 9, 2009
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Wind Energy Is Big Winner As Treasury Dept. Invests $502M Toward Renewable Energy

via green.venturebeat.com

I'm really encouraged by our government's continued funding of renewables -- a bright spot for sure, especially with bailout backdrops and the healthcare debate.
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"Wind emerged the big winner, with more than half the total sum — $294 million — going to five wind farms run by Portland, Ore.-based Iberdrola Renewables. First Wind Energy Holdings and Horizon Wind Energy also got generous shares of the pot. Solar, on the other hand, seems to have taken a back seat, with only two small firms selected. Solaire Development will get $2.6 million and Movement Gym PV System will get $157,809."

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Posted September 3, 2009
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Mercedes-Benz Producing 200 Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles

via wired.com

They're only producing 200 cars -- which is understandable due to minimal hydrogen fueling options - but good to see the little toe stepping into the water.

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Posted August 30, 2009
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