5:32 pm in airplanes, Cars & Transportation, contests, google, nasa by TreeHugger
Photo: Mary Paulose under a Creative Commons license.
Air travel may be time efficient, but based on planes'
carbon emissions, it's not good for the environment. And while purchasing
carbon offsets is a good move, it's just a drop in the bucket. Tha's why Google has teamed up with aircraft technology research group the
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2:40 pm in alternative energy, Design & Architecture, google, News, solar power by TreeHugger
Photo: Google
In Partnership with SolarCity, They Want to Put Solar Panels on Your Roof
Google has just announced its biggest clean energy investment yet, a $280M fund to finance residential solar panel installations across the US. They are partnering with
SolarCity (
Tesla 's CEO Elon Musk is their chairman and an early investor), a "provider of solar energy system design, financing, installation and related services" (by leas...
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3:01 pm in alternative energy, google, News, wind power by TreeHugger
Photo & Logo: Google
Feeling Lucky? Your Searches Help Pay for This
Google's not stopping its massive clean energy investments. After
$168M in solar thermal and
$100M in wind power, they're investing in... more wind power! They're providing $55 million to finance the 102 MW Alta IV project, part of the
massive 1,550MW Alt...
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