[RTC List] google funding clean tech

[Jonathan Speaker]

Google turns on HQ solar panels, steps up clean-tech grants



 

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 <http://google.org/> Google.org, the philanthropic arm of Google Inc. said
Monday it awarded $1 million in grants and announced plans for a $10 million
request for proposals to fund development, adoption and commercialization of
plug-ins, fully electric cars and related vehicle-to-grid technology. 

Mountain View-based Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) also said it switched on the solar
panel installation at its headquarters, which will help the company reduce
its environmental footprint and power its plug-ins with clean solar
electricity. 

At 1.6 megawatts -- and with an electricity output capable of powering
approximately 1,000 average California homes -- Google said its project is
the largest solar installation to date on any corporate campus in the United
States and one of the largest on any corporate site in the world. 

Google.org gave $200,000 to the Washington, D.C.-based Brookings Institution
to support a spring 2008 conference on federal policy to promote plug-ins;
$200,000 to Palo Alto-based California Cars Initiative to support its work
educating the public about plug-ins; $200,000 to Palo Alto-based Electrical
Power Research Institute to support its plug-in research and development
program; $100,000 to El Segundo-based Plug-In America to raise public
awareness and advocate for plug-in transportation; $200,000 to Old Snowmass,
Colo.-based Rocky Mountain Institute to launch the design of a practical
plug-in hybrid electric vehicle; and $150,000 to Willett Kempton, University
of Delaware for megawatt scale vehicle-to-grid research and implementation
planning. 

Google.org also said that later this summer it will request proposals
focused on investment opportunities in companies and projects accelerating
the commercialization of alternative transportation that reduces vehicle
fossil fuel use and climate emissions. 

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anyone know michael winkler's email? or any of the schatz people, this may
be a good lead to funding.
 
 
cheers,
 
 
 
Jonathan Speaker, COO
StreamGuys, Inc.
707.667.9479 x255
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