Tag Archives: San Francisco

Solar, Biofuels and Manure – Talk about a well rounded energy resource!

Well in taking advantage of abundant local resources San Joaquin Solar has gotten themselves a contract with PG&E of California to provide 106.8 megawatts (MW) of solar thermal-biofuel hybrid power to the PG&E power grid. The combo energy project is to be built near Coalinga CA, a location only known for a powerful earthquake centered there many years ago. Coalinga …

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Solar Power The Switch Is On- SF to Install Lots of Panels

The city of San Francisco put the pedal to the metal on its commitment to using and buying solar power this week, choosing Recurrent Energy to build what will be the country’s third-largest solar photovoltaic system. The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission selected Recurrent Energy to install 30,000 solar panels on the roof of the Sunset Reservoir, and on top …

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Hydrogen Buses in CA

There is a new website dedicated to Hydrogen Fuel that has come on to the scene. H2 and You Anyways I would like to clip from one of their stories today about the use of hydrogen fuel in buses in CA. Check it out and learn: Riding Hydrogen Buses in California Using public transportation is a good way to reduce …

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Google to Fund Alternative Energy Research

Google announced yesterday that they are going to take their large fund of cash and use some of it to support research into alternative energy development in order to help offset energy usage at their company and beyond. They intend to fund solar energy and wind power strategies. “We have gained expertise in designing and building large-scale, energy-intensive facilities by …

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Google’s Goal: Renewable Energy Cheaper than Coal

Creates renewable energy R&D group and supports breakthrough technologies Mountain View, Calif. (November 27, 2007) – Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) today announced a new strategic initiative to develop electricity from renewable energy sources that will be cheaper than electricity produced from coal. The newly created initiative, known as RE

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Computer/technology central leads way on Solar Energy – Silicon Valley CA

California’s Silicon Valley has led the country in several waves of technology over the past thirty years and now it is leading the corporate world into the acceptance of solar energy to help power its plants and buildings across the southern half of San Francisco Bay. Why is this happening? Check out this analysis from a local paper: The region …

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Google goes for sun power on its buildings

Well Google this past week announced that they would be implementing solar energy systems on the roofs of their corporate offices in the Bay Area. You can only imagine the splash this got in the world of the Internet and corporate news. Google is on the pages of the worlds news almost everyday and this announcement surely has gotten some …

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Solar News Highlights

Solar Power 2006CNET News.com – San Francisco,CA,USA The Cruise Car, a solar-powered golf cart that can crank up to 22 miles an hour, was among the devices on display this week at the Solar Power 2006 Conference … Googleplex to go in for solar powerDaily News & Analysis – Mumbai,India … A Google executive said the company would rely on …

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