All Entries in the "Energy" Category
Google Mirrors
Google continues to revolutionize the energy industry with a new type of mirror that would cut the cost of building a solar thermal plant in half. Google claims it could be ready in one to three years if all goes to plan.
Bloom Energy Fuel Cell
The Bloom Energy fuel cell is basically a flat piece of sand made from a process dubbed – Powder to Power. The cell runs on a variety of fuels, including traditional fuel, natural gas, biomass gas, landfill gas, and ethanol, without the need to use chemical plants for processing. A single cell-filled Bloom Box provides [...]
Google Taps into Power
Back in December, Google formed an energy subsidiary under the name Google Energy. Google recently put in a request to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to buy and sell electricity on wholesale markets. And now FERC has officially approved(PDF) the request for Google to buy and sell energy at market rates. So what does Google plan [...]
