Sunny Days at Google – Google Going Solar
I am a pretty big fan of Google. They produce some great online products and deliver the majority of them and no cost to the end user! An announcement in the Official Google blog (Oct. 16) talks about another way Google is pushing technology – this time it has nothing to do with the Internet! Google is going solar!
Soon we plan to begin installation of 1.6 megawatts of solar photovoltaic panels at our Mountain View campus. This project will be the largest solar installation on any corporate campus in the U.S., and we think it’s one of the largest on any corporate site in the world. The panels will cover the roofs of the four main buildings of the Googleplex, and also those of two additional buildings across the street. There will also be a portion of this installation on new solar panel support structures in a few parking lots. The amount of electricity that will be generated is equivalent to powering about 1,000 average California homes. We’ll use that electricity to power several of our Mountain View office facilities, offsetting approximately 30% of our peak electricity consumption at those buildings.
Read more about this project here.
Hey maybe soon they will invest in a bunch of Feel-Good-Cars for the Google campus! With Zero Emissions and No Noise ZENN will be the new buzz word in Mountain View.