technologies

Some 87 percent of investor relations professionals say they believe companies can improve long-term shareholder value through better carbon management -- reducing emissions that affect the environment -- and that communications technologies can help companies achieve their overall corporate social responsibility goals.  Those are among the key findings of a new study conducted by Verizon Business and IR magazine.

Bill Gross, Chairman, eSolar, describes eSolar's utility-scale energy technology and the objective of the company to develop cheaper renewable power. Thecompany is involved with Google's RE<C green power initiative.

Google announces a new strategic initiative to develop electricity from renewable energy sources that will be cheaper than electricity produced from coal. The new initiative known as RE< C, will focus initially on advanced solar thermal power, wind power technologies, enhanced geothermal systems and other potential breakthrough technologies.

Jon Wellinghoff, Commissioner, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), talks about the issues that FERC currently encounters, including the role of both states and utilities in developing infrastructure and implementing new technologies to increase the efficiency and functionality of the electrical grid.