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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (6029)	6/20/2007 8:27:40 AM
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Google turns on HQ solar panels, steps up clean-tech grants 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. news.moneycentral.msn.com