Google, in addition to the internet is also active in making investments in clean technologies.
The company has made an investment of $100 million in a big wind power generation farms as well as in the process of creating a substructure for the electric vehicle users. Until now, the company has invested over $350 million in renewable energy projects, which includes Ivanpah Solar installation developed by BrightSource and in a PV plant in Germany.
Recently, Energy Department of the USA has announced its intentions to associate with Google and others to find out a solution to assist the electric vehicles users to identify the nearest power charging station. Google will associate with the federal National Renewable Energy Laboratory in utilizing the Google Maps as a basis to construct an online database of the power charging facilities providing locations. The online database will be utilized as a source for GPS and other types of mapping services.
Google had invested an amount of $100 million in Shepherds Flat Wind Farm being constructed in a place close to Arlington, Ore. The 845 MW wind farm being developed by Caithness Energy will incorporate wind turbines produced by General Electric. The wind farm, which is anticipated to get completed by the year 2012, will trade the produced power to Southern California Edison.
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