By Colin Houghton In July, the search engine giant Google, acknowledged that the clean energy dilemma is one of the United States’ biggest challenges moving forward, by releasing a thought-provoking report. Their report unveiled the results of a huge number-crunching project to see how much change clean energy technology and innovation could have on the US economy and the environment. And the news is pretty uplifting! [ad] Lest we forget the context and pedigree, Google has been one of the biggest corporate investors into renewable ... Read More

[ad] Google has yet again made alternative energy news (Google invests in windfarm) by announcing it and two Japanese partners will pay GE about half a billion dollars for a majority stake in what will be the worlds largest wind farm. The project is being build in Oregon over a 30 square mile stretch near Arlington. According to Google and GE the site will have a 845 Megawatts output on a budget of $2 billion. The site is developed by Caithness Energy and will be completed ... Read More

Google's diversification strategy is on full course and now the internet search giant, who has previously expanded into telecommunication, maps and browsers, the ocean and the stars, has invested $39m (£25.6m) in two North Dakota wind farms. This is Googles frist direct investment into a large scale green project.  The windfarms are to genererate electricity for 55,000 homes. The move is a shift in strategy for Google, which previously sought to invest in renewable energy via start-ups. Rick Needham, Google's green business operations manager, said: "To reach ... Read More

Every so often Google adapts it’s logo on their homepage to whatever is important that day or season. Most recently Google launched another series of it’s design contest Doodle4Google. This year’s theme is “What I Wish For The World”. The familiar Google logo is designed around the Google proposed theme. This year Google says that “the world are undergoing significant change. At Google we believe in thinking big, and dreaming big, and we can't think of anything more important than encouraging students to do the ... Read More

It just came to light that Google won a new patent: A sustainable powered, floating data center. The platform is to sit 3 to 7 miles offshore in seas at least 200 feat deep. Its power will be generated either by wind turbines or by water, i.e. sea powered generators. Google has been under immense pressure due to its ever increasing power demand for its processors for Google and the ever more popular Youtube. This could mean that Google is trying to come ... Read More