$1B Green Project Planned for Istanbul by Preston Koerner, JetsonGreen.com August 12, 2009 Just yesterday, architecture firm RMJM announced plans for a $1 billion, landmark green project for the Atasehir district of Istanbul, Turkey. The Varyap Meridian development is slated for a new residential and business district — and just might transform into a new [...]
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Sacramento getting smart grid by Candace Lombardi, CNET News June 24, 2009 Sacramento County’s community-owned electric utility has signed a deal for Silver Spring Networks to provide a smart grid for roughly 600,000 homes and businesses. Installation is to begin in July with an expected completion date tentatively set for March 2011. So what will [...] Green technologies to watch by Martin LaMonica, CNET News April 21, 2009 From a technology perspective, things have changed a lot since the first Earth Days of the 1970s. After barely moving for decades, there’s been a surge in innovation in energy the past five years, fueled both by society’s growing interest in clean energy [...] The City of Miami announced a proposal on Monday to install 1 million two-way “smart meters” to all Miami residents over the next two years in what would be the most comprehensive smart-grid program in the U.S. News: Oracle to buy Sun in $7.4 billion deal by Jonathan Skillings, CNET News April 20, 2009 This story has been updated. See below for details. Oracle, not IBM, will be buying Sun Microsystems. Oracle and Sun announced Monday that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Oracle will acquire Sun common stock [...] The Obama administration announced new plans on Thursday to kick-start smart-grid development, including funding details and the start of a standardization process. PG&E Looks to Solar Panels in Space for Power by Celia Lamb, Sacramento Business Journal Monday, April 13, 2009 Pacific Gas and Electric Co. plans to buy solar energy from panels orbiting the earth. The company has signed a 15-year power purchase agreement with Solaren Corp. for 200 megawatts of solar power produced by panels [...] A123Systems receives $69 million from GE, others by Dawn Kawamoto – CNET News April 13, 2009 12:21 PM PDT Lithium ion battery company A123Systems has received a $69 million investment round from General Electric and others, the company announced Monday. With its latest funding, A123Systems plans to expand its facilities in Massachusetts and Michigan, as [...] Report: Google, Microsoft court Twitter by Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal Thursday, April 9, 2009 Google Inc. and Microsoft Corp. are both courting microblogging service Twitter Inc. because of its search ad revenue potential, according to a report Thursday. A Wall Street Journal blog reported that many experts think Twitter’s instant 140-character format [...] Yahoo partners with UC Berkeley, other universities on cloud computing By San Francisco Business Times Thursday, April 9, 2009 Yahoo Inc. on Thursday announced partnerships with universities to advance cloud computing research. The University of California at Berkeley, Cornell University and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst will join Carnegie Mellon University in using Sunnyvale-based [...] |
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