We appreciate TechCrunch’s early April Fool’s story but have no comment at this time other than to say that this has nothing to do with our exploration of marshmallows as an alternative energy source. They work for kids; why not for data centers t…
“Always On” power is the lowest level of sustained power used during a day-long period. On our energy-monitoring software tool, Google PowerMeter, this shows up as a dark green bar on your power usage graph. We’ve found that American users, on average,…
(Condensed Remarks from the 2009 California Cleantech Open) There are still power plants operating today that Thomas Edison could have seen with his own eyes. If he were to tour our electrical grid, he would recognize that too. As former Secretary of…
Electricity consumers in the United Kingdom can now access Google PowerMeter, a free software tool that provides consumers with information on how much energy their home is using. The software receives information from utility smart meters and in-home …
The Google PowerMeter team is pleased to announce an important milestone for our product — open enrollment. This means that utilities can enable self-serve sign-up for customers to use the Google PowerMeter gadget. More users means improved feedback …
Ever since college, I’ve been driving the same car: a 2000 Nissan XTerra. It’s been a great car and, after more than 100,000 miles, it has a lot of memories: a ski trip to Lake Tahoe through a blizzard, driving down the I5 to Los Angeles, driving acro…
In 2007 Google.org launched our Renewable Energy Cheaper than Coal initiative and announced a $10 million investment in the early-stage clean power company eSolar, Inc. Yesterday in Southern California, eSolar flipped the switch on what is to be the f…
Google.org is pleased to announce that The Final Inch, a film produced with support from and in collaboration with Google.org, is now available on DVD. The Final Inch received a 2008 Oscar nomination in the category of Best Documentary (Short Film).To…
Earlier today we announced on the Google Germany Blog that Yello Strom is our first Google PowerMeter partner in Europe. With over 1.4 million customers, Yello is among Germany’s ten largest electricity companies and the very first company to offer co…
Today is World Environment Day and I wanted to point your attention to a major initiative that just launched and is supported by Google: The Prince of Wales’ Prince’s Rainforest Project, dedicated to protecting the Amazon rainforest. Check out this vid…
(Cross-posted on the Official Google Blog)In November 2008 we launched Google Flu Trends after finding a close relationship between how many people search for flu-related topics and how many people actually have flu symptoms. Google Flu Trends may be a…
Just one week after launching Google’s energy information campaign, we kicked off our first joint smart grid event with GE, a larger clean energy collaboration we announced last fall. Our timing was fortuitous; the event took place just as President O…
We must quickly develop low-cost renewable and efficient energy technology to avoid the devastating effects of climate change. This requires a strong financial commitment to clean energy research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) to achieve bi…
In the 1970s and 1980s, America’s push for energy conservation meant “doing less with less” – lowering the thermostat, turning off lights, donning a sweater, and leaving the car in the garage. Following up his testimony from earlier this month, Dan Re…
Last June Google.org launched RechargeIT, an initiative to accelerate the adoption of plug-in electric vehicles. At that time we announced a request for investment proposals (RFP) from teams working on technologies relevant to this goal. Today we are p…