Google to invest $100M in wind farm

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Google has invested approximately $100 million in the Shepherds Flat Wind Farm, anticipated to be the largest wind farm in the world. Shepherds Flat is under construction near Arlington, OR. When completed in 2012, it will produce 845 MW of energy for more than 235,000 homes. Co-investors are Sumitomo Corp. of America, a subsidiary of Sumitomo Corp. and Tyr Energy, a subsidiary of Itochu Corp. Caithness Energy and GE are also part of the project. GE, which is an early investor in Shepherds Flat, is the turbine manufacturer. This project brings Google's total invested in clean energy to more than $350 million, including our most recent investments in a German solar photovoltaic plant and in the BrightSource Ivanpah solar power tower—the largest solar energy project in the world. Earlier this month, Google agreed to make its first clean energy project investment in Europe-a $5 million investment in a solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant in Germany. The recently completed facility is located on 47 hectares (116 acres) in Brandenburg an der Havel, near Berlin. The power plant has a peak capacity of 18.65MWp, which puts it among the largest in Germany.

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  • RoAnn H.
    RoAnn H. •
    I think this is great. More companies should be on board clean energy. Hooray, Google.
  • Michael
    Michael •
    If you travel up 65 North from Indianapolis, IN long enough you will see a TON of wind mills. When I drove to Chicago I passed through wind mill city it seemed; it just kept going and going and going...

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