U.S. Tech Giants Become Alternative Energy's Fairy Godfathers

Explore news.thomasnet.com (Nov 8 2011) Fossil Fuel , Geothermal , Wind

...8 million in the project, which has already received buy-in from two California utilities: PG&E and Southern California Edison, both of which will purchase energy from the Ivanpah array. Contrasting with the nearly-complete Iv......t Google’s only clean energy investments. The company, which last year was granted a license by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to buy and sell power in the manner of a utility, also has ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Apple   Greenpeace   Google

Google Alta Wind Infusion Pushes Clean Energy Funding to $400M

Explore eweek.com (May 25 2011) Wind

...vesting in this project. Five Alta projects are already operational, delivering 720 MW of energy to Southern California Edison. This power company will receive all 1,550 MW when completed, under a purchase agreement inked with......g the electricity from this project. Google, which secured the right to buy and sell power from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission last year, has been buying power to run several data centers. (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Google   Federal Energy Regulatory Commission   Southern California Edison

Google Invests Massive $168M in BrightSource Solar Project

Explore The New York Times (Apr 11 2011) Solar , Wind

...hirds of the power from the project will go to Pacific Gas and Electric, while the rest will go to Southern California Edison. BrightSource likely needs to raise over a billion dollars to get Ivanpah built. NRG Energy has com......there’s another reason: data center energy. Google has a subsidiary called Google Energy, which the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approved last year to buy and sell energy on ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Google   Yahoo   Department of Energy