Google Invests $280 Million To Spur Home Solar
OfficialWire Tue, 14 Jun 2011 06:43 AM PDT
Google is investing $280 million in solar power for private homes, its latest â€" and largest â€" investment in clean energy. The money will allow installer SolarCity to offer solar systems to homeowners for no money up front. |
U.S. Producer Prices Rise At Slowest Rate In Ten Months In May
RTT News Tue, 14 Jun 2011 06:41 AM PDT
With a drop in food prices offsetting a continued increase in energy prices in the month of May, the Labor Department released a report on Tuesday showing that producer prices for the month increased at the slowest rate in ten months. The Labor Department said its producer price index edged up by 0.2 percent in May following a 0.8 percent increase in April. While the increase came in above ... |
Can the Utility and Consumer Collaborate To Solve the Peak Problem?
Renewable Energy World Tue, 14 Jun 2011 06:40 AM PDT
For years, experts have warned that our current grid network will not be able to withstand the demand of our expanding digital culture and growing renewable technology. According to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), since 1982, peak demand for electricity has exceeded transmission growth by almost 25 percent each year. |
High Inflation Tips Breaking Point for UK Household Finances
wallstreet:online AG Tue, 14 Jun 2011 06:40 AM PDT
CHESTER, England, June 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ - A Quarter of UK Consumers Struggle to Make Ends Meet - Energy Price Hikes add to the Nation´s Soaring Living Costs Today´s announcement by the Bank of England that inflation remained at 4.5 per … |
‘Renewable’ capacity to triple
Business Mirror Tue, 14 Jun 2011 06:38 AM PDT
THE government aims to triple the increase of the country’s renewable-energy portfolio to 15,000 megawatts (MW) by 2030 because of the continuing increase in the prices of coal and oil in the global market, Energy Secretary Jose Rene Almendras said on Tuesday. At the launching of the National Renewable Energy Program (NREP) at the Makati Shangri-La Hotel, Almendras said renewable energy ... |
Google, Solar City launch $280 million solar fund
Market Watch Tue, 14 Jun 2011 06:35 AM PDT
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Google Inc. said Tuesday it set up a $280 million fund with privately held Solar City to help finance residential solar panel installations. Google said the move marks its largest investment to date in the clean energy sector. The SolarCity/Google fund will extend solar lease and power purchase agreement options to customers seeking solar panels on their homes, but who ... |
Evolution Markets Taps Pivot 360 Software for U.S. Brokerage Operations
Business Wire Tue, 14 Jun 2011 06:34 AM PDT
JERSEY CITY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pivot Inc., the leading provider of liquidity management and collaboration software to financial market participants, today announced that energy and environmental markets broker Evolution Markets Inc. will roll out its Pivot 360 product to the firm’s entire US broker team. Evolution Markets has used Pivot technology solutions for trade collaboration in ... |
Tanzania: Call to Fast-Track Power Projects
AllAfrica.com Tue, 14 Jun 2011 06:32 AM PDT
The government has been urged to ensure that projects in the energy sector earmarked in the 2011/2012 Budget are implemented according to the time frame.Speaking to this newspaper many people lauded the government's decision to increase funds to the energy sector by 65 per cent compared to 2010/2011 budget, but cautioned that emphasis should be on implementation of the projects on time. |
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