Google Invests $38.8 Million In Wind Energy
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Internet search and services giant Google has expanded its commitment to green energy with a $38.8 million investment in wind energy. Google has purchased a tax equity stake in two South Dakota wind farms, capable of generating a combined 169.5 megawatts of electricity.
Google has announced its investment in the Ashtabula 2 and Wilton Wind 2 wind farms, both with enough output to power 55,000 homes. The farms are located in North Dakota, in one of the United States’ best fields for wind power generation. While these farms may not see a direct connection to Google’s data centers to start, the 169.5 megawatts of power generated by these farms will be used to offset tax costs incurred by Google in other areas.
Rick Needham, Google’s green business operations manager said that its aims to accelerate the deployment of renewable energy makes “good business sense” for the internet services company. Up until this point, Google had begun its entry into green technology development in startup companies and its own consumer energy tracking tools, but not yet into working energy production. The move could signal future investments by Google, some that could directly power its data centers and employee campuses throughout the world.
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This nation’s electric power grid is something most all of us think will never fail. Larger storms are putting more people without power in the dark every year worldwide.
One event not from a storm like the 2003 blackout on the northeast coast of the United States that took place. That event left over 50 million people in the United States and Canada and many from all other nations that were visitors to America in the dark for days. No TV or Radio for many. Many went without water to their second floor or beyond. Many had no running water at all. For the first time electronic banking stopped on the east coast of America. Many will never forget the telephones did not work. Most all transportation came to a halt no traffic lights, and gas stations no electric power to pump the gas pumps. The smell of sewage was everywhere in the inner cities. For the first time millions of Internet Users vanished off the internet till in January of 2011 in Egypt Government Censorship.
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