Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Apple’s fuel cells will be powered by landfills

Explore GigaOM (Apr 30 2012) Construction , Emissions , Fossil Fuel , Fuel Cell

... run the large fuel cell farm at Apple’s North Carolina data center. According to a filing with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Apple will get the biogas — which is methane from decomposing organic material — from landf... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Apple   Google   Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

iDataCenter Will Use Landfill-Powered Bloom Boxes

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Apr 30 2012) Construction , Emissions , Fuel Cell

...dfills, which will be transported via a natural gas pipeline system, according to a filing with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). The raw biogas will be cleaned and separated to increase the methane content and remove unw... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Apple   Federal Energy Regulatory Commission   NTT

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

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

...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 heavy investments (about 37.5 percent of... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Apple   Greenpeace   Google

U.S., Seeking to Reshape Electric Grid, Adopts a Power Line Rule

Explore The New York Times (Jul 21 2011) Solar

...ines to establish how it will recoup its costs. The new rule, passed unanimously on Thursday by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, does not specify what the formula should be for allocating costs, or precisely how new lines shoul... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

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

Explore eweek.com (May 25 2011) Wind

...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

...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 the wholesale markets. Google Energy made its f... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Google   Yahoo   Department of Energy

DealBook: Duke Bids $13.7 Billion for Progress Energy

Explore dealbook.nytimes.com (Jan 10 2011)

...ve the deal completed by the end of 2011. Several regulators will have to sign off. Among them: the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and two state authorities. After the merger, Mr. Roge... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Federal Energy Regulatory Commission   Facebook

Cheap electricity gone with the wind

Explore WorldNetDaily (Jan 9 2011) Cap and Trade , Carbon Tax , Wind

...ing energy bills in the region in the coming years, experts are telling WND. Obama's team at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, which regulates much of the coal, gas, hydroelectric and oil industries, late last month approved ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   U.N.   Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory   Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

google offers tips on lowering your pue - by Paula Bernier

Explore Views and Opinions on Green IT (May 4 2010)

Comment "Google presentation did not mention any new modes of design or operation. These topics are yesterday's news. However, GE Digital ..." - szalkus

...n Francisco. Of course, he mentioned how and why the search giant requested permission from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to buy and sell power. (It got the green light from the FERC, by the way.) The reason, he said, was... (Read Full Article)

1 Comment Mentions:   Google   Federal Energy Regulatory Commission   Bill Weihl

Google is going to trade energy - Say What? By Doug Mohney

Explore Views and Opinions on Green IT (Mar 5 2010)

...ity. Is it just me, or do you hear some "Danger, Danger Will Robinson!" in the background? The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has authorized Google Energy to buy and sell electricity in bulk like any other utility, rep... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Google   Federal Energy Regulatory Commission   Enron

Google gets go-ahead to buy, sell energy

Explore Technology News (Feb 19 2010) Fossil Fuel

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has authorized Google Energy to buy and sell electricity in bulk like any other utility. The FERC,... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Google   Federal Energy Regulatory Commission   CNET News

More Power to Google - by Paul Bernier

Explore Views and Opinions on Green IT (Jan 29 2010)

...et into the power space too. According to recent reports, Google is seeking permission from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to buy and sell electricity. Of course, Google has many gianormous data centers. So getting inv... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Google   Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Building Power Lines Creates A Web Of Problems

Explore npr.org (Apr 28 2009) Wind

...an picked by President Obama to resolve these questions is Jon Wellinghoff, the new chairman at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. "I think everybody has to play ball," Wellinghoff says. "I think that we have to realize that we'r... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Barack Obama   Steven Chu   Energy Department