3D Solar Modeling Clicks With Skelion

Skelion Solar Model

A new plugin automates the process for inserting solar panels into Google SketchUp's 3D models, making life much easier for solar system designers. Read more →

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Google Gets Back On The Clean Energy Horse

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A few weeks after ending a renewables research initiative, Google shows it's still a clean-energy player, pumping $94 million into four PV projects. Read more →

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Google Ends A Renewable Research Project

power tower research, Google

Google pulls the plug on its power-tower focused renewable energy project, saying others are better equipped to take the solar research "to the next level." Read more →

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Google Joins Ranks Of Green Power Elite

Green Power

Thanks to major purchases of RECs and other eco investments, Google and Ingram Micro have been named among the top 50 green power purchasers by the EPA. Read more →

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Google Study Finds Big Geothermal Potential

SMU Geothermal Laboratory

A three-year study by SMU Geothermal Laboratory and funded by Google concludes the domestic potential for geothermal energy is an astounding 3 million megawatts. Read more →

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Google Data Center Goes Green In Ireland

Data Center

Google will invest up to 75 million Euro (around $100 million) in a new data center that will make use of Ireland's naturally cool climate to cool computers. Read more →

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Google Aids Rooftop Solar Via $75 Million Fund

Google green solar

Google is partnering with Clean Power Finance to create a $75 million fund to finance 3,000 residential solar photovoltaic (PV) systems. Read more →

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Pig Power: How Two Dukes, And Google, Do It

hog farm waste to energy plant, Google, Duke

A Duke University and Duke Energy pig-waste-to-power prototype takes advantage of the Google spotlight to spread word about the project. Read more →

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Google Greens The Details On Email, Offsets

Google's green initiatives

Gmail is 80 percent more efficient than in-house email? That's just one new green tidbit coming out of the Googleplex. Read more →

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Google Greens Its California Headquarters

google hq

A recent renovation of a building at Google's Silicon Valley headquarters was awarded U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED Platinum status. Read more →

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