California cows start passing gas to the grid

California cows start passing gas to the grid
"(Reuters) - Imagine a vat of liquid cow manure covering the area of five football fields and 33 feet deep. Meet California's most alternative new energy. On a dairy farm in the Golden State's agricultural heartland, utility PG&E Corp began on Tuesday producing natural gas derived from manure..."

GE Announces $1 Billion Deal with Invenergy

GE Announces $1 Billion Deal with Invenergy
Excerpt:
"GE Energy has announced an agreement with Invenergy LLC of more than $1 billion, marking one of the largest commitments for wind turbines to be delivered in a single year in the history of the global wind industry. GE will supply Invenergy with 600 megawatts (MW) of its 1.5-megawatt wind turbines for projects in North America, and 200 MW of its 2.5xl wind turbines for European applications."

Nanosolar Ships First Panels

Nanosolar Ships First Panels

Excerpt:
"Posted by Martin Roscheisen, CEO
After five years of product development – including aggressively pipelined science, research and development, manufacturing process development, product testing, manufacturing engineering and tool development, and factory construction – we now have shipped first product and received our first check of product revenue."
http://www.nanosolar.com/blog3/2007/12/18/nanosolar-ships-first-panels/

See also: New York Times - Start-Up Sells Solar Panels at Lower-Than-Usual Cost

Google Accelerates Green

Google's Goal: Renewable Energy Cheaper than Coal - Creates renewable energy R&D group and supports breakthrough technologies

Excerpt from Google Press Release:
"Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) today announced a new strategic initiative to develop electricity from renewable energy sources that will be cheaper than electricity produced from coal. The newly created initiative, known as RE C, will focus initially on advanced solar thermal power, wind power technologies, enhanced geothermal systems and other potential breakthrough technologies. RE C is hiring engineers and energy experts to lead its research and development work, which will begin with a significant effort on solar thermal technology, and will also investigate enhanced geothermal systems and other areas. In 2008, Google expects to spend tens of millions on research and development and related investments in renewable energy. As part of its capital planning process, the company also anticipates investing hundreds of millions of dollars in breakthrough renewable energy projects which generate positive returns.

"We have gained expertise in designing and building large-scale, energy-intensive facilities by building efficient data centers," said Larry Page, Google Co-founder and President of Products. "We want to apply the same creativity and innovation to the challenge of generating renewable electricity at globally significant scale, and produce it cheaper than from coal."
(link to Google Press release at end of post).

Industry Reaction:
Towards more renewable energy - Official Google Blog
Posted by Larry Page, Co-Founder and President of Products

Google launches major alternative energy initiative - VentureBeat
http://venturebeat.com/2007/11/27/google-launches-major-energy-initiative/

Google's Energy Initiative - O'Reilly Radar

Link to Google Press Release:
http://www.google.com/intl/en/press/pressrel/20071127_green.html

Gas-Free Cars On Their Way

Gas-Free Cars On Their Way

Excerpt:
"American Honda Motor Co., Ford Motor Co. and General Motors Corp. announced plans at the Los Angeles Auto Show on Wednesday to put alternative fuel technology vehicles on the road in California in coming months. A few drivers will even get to park them in their garages."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/11/15/gasfree-cars-on-their-wa_n_72762.html

A power surge for alternative energy

A power surge for alternative energy

Excerpt:
"From tech giants to start-ups and from venture capitalists to universities, there's plenty of action on the energy front."

http://www.news.com/A-power-surge-for-alternative-energy/2009-11392_3-6216007.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-5&subj=news

Dealing With Wind Variability On The Wind Farm

Dealing With Wind Variability On The Wind Farm

Pint-size hydro power on tap

Pint-size hydro power on tap

Innovalight raises $28M for new ink-based solar cell

Innovalight raises $28M for new ink-based solar cell

LS9 takes $15M to synthesize petroleum alternative

LS9 takes $15M to synthesize petroleum alternative

Merrill Starts Biofuels Indexes on Alternative Energy Demand

Merrill Starts Biofuels Indexes on Alternative Energy Demand

Excerpt:
"Merrill Lynch & Co., the third-biggest U.S. securities firm, started two indexes tracking raw materials used in the production of biofuels, as record oil prices spur demand for alternative fuels."

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601085&sid=aZUA0aq7WEgw&refer=europe

Alt Energy Daily Deal: Solar Power Partners

Alt Energy Daily Deal: Solar Power Partners

Eleven New Alternative Energy Stocks Added to Ardour Global Index in Quarterly Rebalancing

Eleven New Alternative Energy Stocks Added to Ardour Global Index in Quarterly Rebalancing