Google has announced on its blog that the company has bought 20-year green power with a windfarm in Iowa. The deal includes 114 megawatts of wind power from the NextEra Energy Resources facility in Story County, Iowa, and this power is thought to be enough to supply some of the Google Data Centers’ needs. Since [...]
A battery powered house that has solar panels on top of it, and a smog-eating roof is not a fantasy anymore. KB Home and BYD, a China-based company created this amazing home in West Lancaster, California. As R. Rex Parris, the mayor of Lancaster told KB Home and BYD “I want the most energy-efficient house [...]
Given the public outrage over the largest oil spill in U.S. history, public awareness of solar energy has increased through recent speeches by President Obama about solar energy. This year’s annual day of recognition for the growth of clean, solar energy in the U.S. is SolarDay 2010 – Saturday, June 19. The premise of SolarDay [...]
The California State Assembly yesterday passed AB 2514, landmark legislation that will create a smarter, cleaner electric grid, increase the use of renewable energy, save Californians money by avoiding costly new power plants, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions and other harmful air pollutants through the use of energy storage technologies by utility companies. Authored by [...]
The Walmart Foundation today announced a $1.2 million dollar donation to the National Energy Education Development Project (NEED) to install solar panels on 20 schools in five cities across the country. The five cities taking part in the program are Chicago, Washington D.C., Los Angeles, Minneapolis and Seattle. “The Walmart Solar School program will help [...]
