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Google Energy - Jumping into Renewable Energy

by Rich Hessler Solar on Jun 1, 2010

Google Energy. Here are two words you never really thought would be next to each other but now you cannot help but be intrigued and happy. The search engine leader has found itself one step closer to becoming a "carbon neutral" company. They have formed the Delaware-based subsidiary, Google Energy, not initially to be a utility company, but to buy and sell renewable energy for its own operations in Mountain View, Ca.
The data centers that are required to run the most popular search engine in the world are already utilizing a 1.6 megawatt solar array. But now with the approval of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Google Energy can buy and sell renewable energy like utilities do. FERC, the agency that oversees the U.S. power grid, has granted Google Energy the rights "for the sale of energy, capacity, and ancillary services at market-based rates". Even with this authorization, neither Google nor any of its affiliates currently own or operate any generation or...Read More >>