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Why Google Is Investing $168 Million in a Giant Solar Farm

BrightSource just finalized $1.6 billion in loans from the U.S Department of Energy as well as a $168 million investment from Google. What's the search giant interested in?READ»

CEOs: BP Spill Has Had Little Impact on Green Market

"The government's policy on energy in the United States is the most stupid, idiotic, inconsistent, crazy policy you could imagine," said Michael Garland, CEO of wind-powerhouse Pattern Energy Group. Garland spoke at the Renewable ...READ»

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Google's Prototype Mirror Could Cut Costs of Solar Thermal Plant Construction

Google continues its quest to revolutionize the energy industry with a new type of mirror that could cut the cost of building a solar thermal plant in half. The Internet giant is remaining mostly mum about the mirror technology, but ...READ»

Brightsource Brings Solar Power to the Oil Industry

What do you think of when you hear the phrase "solar power"? Chances are, you don't picture a Chevron oil field. Yet that's exactly where BrightSource Energy wants to put a 29-megawatt solar thermal plant by the end of 2010. As oil ...READ»