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Google and GE joining forces on clean energy

by Tom Raftery on September 24, 2008 · 2 comments

in smart grid

In the above video Eric Schmidt, Chairman and CEO, Google interviews Jeffrey Immelt, Chairman and CEO, GE.
The reason Google and GE were talking? Google and GE jointly announced the other day that they are coming together “to help develop tomorrow’s power generation, transmission and distribution — known as the “smart grid” — and its [...]

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IEA report paints challenging picture

by Tom Raftery on June 11, 2008 · 3 comments

in energy

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I read the International Energy Agency’s latest Energy Technology Perspectives 2008 report and it is sobering stuff.
It starts off by outlining what will happen in a business as usual scenario:
Our current path is not sustainable
If governments around the world continue with policies in place to date – the underlying premise in the ETP [...]

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