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I’ve finished grading my IS 7010 course for Spring 2008.

Grades are available in the TurnItIn.com gradebook.

Google has invested US$10 million in BrightSource as part of the Internet firms’s RE>C initiative. According to news.com and ValleyWag, BrightSource builds solar thermal facilities and sells the generated electricity to commercial customers and electricity. The generation system is cost-effective during peak periods of the day.

Google’s data center use large quantities of electricity, so Google.org has been awarding grants to suppliers of renewable energy technologies such as solar, thermal and wind.

Google also announced today that it is hiring a Head of Renewable Energy to supervise the company’s research & development programs. The company already invested in eSolar and Makani Power - see this Google web page more details and links.

I’ve posted the final grades for my Spring 2008 IS 6100 online students. The marks can be viewed in the TurnItIn.com gradebook.