In April 2009 the Department of Energy (DOE) announced its intent to issue a competitive Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) to solicit applications for grants for the Smart Grid Investment Grant Program (SGIG). The Smart Grid Investment Grant Program was originally authorized by Section 1306 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 and later [...]

A few days ago, google inveted to a “Efficient Data Center Summit” where leaders of the IT industry discussed best practices for data center efficiency. It was the first time, that google showed videos of their data centers and presented their ways to create the “world’s most efficienct data centers”. But (as you can imagine) [...]

According to Reuters Google is shortly to roll out free software which allows consumers to track their home electricity use and improve energy efficiency in a bid to help mitigate global warming.

Dan Reicher, Director for Climate Change and Energy Initiatives Google, is currently working with a number of major utilities companies in the United States, [...]