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Recent developments in building a cleaner, smarter energy future haven’t been just good … they’ve been Google good. The search engine giant has been busy in recent weeks, going big on sustainability with investments in the world’s largest wind farm, an ultra-high-speed fiber project and a joint effort with the US Department of Energy to promote electric cars. Meanwhile, here at Greenbang, we’re hard at work on several new research reports and special events — stay tuned for more details in the weeks to come. Want to be the first to know when we release new studies? Check out our subscription option , which gives you immediate access to all our reports and plenty of other premium services.
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The energy future forecast? It’s Google-icious
On the 12th April , Governor Jerry Brown signed into law
Google recently announced a$168 million dollar investment in the Brightsource Ivanpah project, which is a 450 foot tall solar power tower located in California’s Mojave desert. This investment in solar, which was Google’s largest to date,brought the company’s investment in clean energy to a quarter of a billion dollars .Google aims to develop renewable energy such that it costs less than coal , and th eocmpany has committed to clean energy by 2030.
The US Department of Energy has offered a conditional commitment for a $2.1 billion loan guarantee to support Units 1 and 2 of the Blythe Solar Power Project, a 484-megawatt solar thermal plant to be built in California. Sponsored by Solar Trust of America, the facility will be built adjacent to the City of Blythe in Riverside County and is expected to create over 1,000 construction jobs and approximately 80 operations jobs. The plant will help avoid an estimated 710,000-plus tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions annually, equivalent to the greenhouse gas emissions from over 123,000 vehicles. Units 1 and 2 of the Blythe development represent the first phase of a larger project that, when completed, will generate 1,000 megawatts of solar power using parabolic trough technology. Units 1 and 2 will include HelioTroughT collectors, which feature a larger yet simplified design, making them less expensive to build and install, and more efficient than earlier trough technology. The project will be the first concentrating solar power (CSP) parabolic trough plant to use an air-cooled condenser unit, which will decrease water use by nearly 90 per cent compared with a water-cooled CSP facility. The project will sell all of its electricity output to Southern California Edison and will deliver power into the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) power grid. Read more here … Related posts: Google-backed project to double solar thermal in US California sees ‘world’s largest solar deal’ California OKs solar thermal contract
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Advanced solar project wins $2.1bn loan guarantee
by Jess Zimmerman. Are you rallying in D.C. right now for the Power Shift 2011? You’re NOT? Well, lucky for you we’ve been posting highlights over the weekend. Here’s what you missed, you poor sap: Former White House advisor Van Jones wants to hold both parties to high standards, but he’s not sure they’ll live up to it. Luckily, the kids are all right.
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Power Shift recap: ‘Stuck on stupid,’ money pollution, and Snuffleupagus