Teaming up with Google on smart grid and renewables

January 7, 2009

Hi all, my name is Owen Schelenz and I work in the Smart Grid lab at GE Global Research. As we kick off 2009, I wanted to give you a quick update about an exciting collaboration we have with Google to explore research partnership opportunities in renewable energy and Smart Grid initiatives. Last month, Google’s RE<C (Renewable Energy cheaper than Coal) group met with various engineers and scientists at Global Research to present their initiatives and discuss collaboration opportunities. Google recently put together a team of engineers and energy experts to focus on renewable energy sources such as solar thermal power, wind power technologies, and enhanced geothermal systems among other promising renewable technologies. All have the potential to be a cheaper source of energy than coal.

Blogging renewables: Guest blogger, Owen Schelenz, talks about GE’s collaboration with Google to explore research partnership opportunities in renewable energy and Smart Grid initiatives.
You can read more about Google’s tour of our Smart Grid lab in my Edison’s Desk post.

* MIT Technology Review: Lifeline for Renewable Power
* MIT Technology Review: Lifeline for Renewable Power (video)

Gheorghe Curelet-Balan

To see an example of GE’s vision of a smarter grid you can check the GRC blog post Smart Grid to manage variability of very high levels of wind and solar power.
This is my personal opinion that doesn’t necessarily reflect those of my employer GE Security.