Google Invests in $5 Billion, 350-Mile Wind Power ‘Backbone’

Photo: Andjohan, Flickr , Creative Commons Today, Google announced that it’s getting into the wind power game in a big way — according to the New York Times , the search engine giant is taking 37.5% of the equity for a $5 billion project to create a 350 mile transmission ‘backbone’ for future offshore wind farms on the East Coast. The backbone would span New York City to southern Virginia, and support a capacity of 6,000… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Google Invests in $5 Billion, 350-Mile Wind Power ‘Backbone’

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