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Google Drops Powermeter; Future Not Bright For Android@Home

Posted on 08. Jun, 2011 by Ross.

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Two years after announcing the launch of Powermeter - touted as the Google Analytics of home energy use - Google have quietly and surprisingly dumped development of the Powermeter API.
At a time when Google is making some big investments in renewable energy (most recently in windfarms), home automation and innovative methods to green their data [...]

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Google To Make Solar Thermal Power Cheaper Than Coal

Posted on 10. Sep, 2009 by Ross.

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Fed up with a lack of innovation in solar power over past decades, Google is throwing its hat into the ring with the aim of driving the price of solar energy down by 75%.
Google has invested around $50 million in renewable energy over the past two years, with the aim of providing renewable power which [...]

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What Is The Carbon Footprint Of A Google Search?

Posted on 12. May, 2009 by Ross.

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Searched this article using Google? Then you were just responsible for 0.2g of Google’s gigantic carbon footprint, according to the internet giant’s official blog.
In an effort to counter claims originally made by an article on the Times Online website that each Google search produces on average a whopping 7g of carbon, Google has tried to [...]