Google Goes Solar-Powered

Published on October 17, 2006 By Island Dog In WinCustomize News

Google plans to build a solar-powered electricity system at it's Silicon Valley headquarters. When finished it will be the largest U.S. corporate complex powered by solar energy.

The rooftop system will reportedly supply 1.6 megawatts of electricity to nearly a third of it's 1 million square foot complex.

Read more at the article below.

Comments

Jafo

on Oct 17, 2006

Oh great...now they own the sun...

Surj

on Oct 17, 2006

good for them

essjae

on Oct 17, 2006

Why does Google always have to copy me. I just installed my solar panel system.

starkers

on Oct 17, 2006

One could always hope the adjacent to Google are always cloudy and densely filled with smog....perhaps even get a rain dance going on, to be sure, to be sure.

starkers

on Oct 17, 2006

missed 'skies' in adjacent to....site won't let me edit.

holmes18

on Oct 18, 2006

1.21 jigawatts!!

Skinhit

on Oct 18, 2006

good for google! seeing that America has just reached its 300 millionth person and the fact that the electricity grid is basically Maxed out!!!! Thanks Google for saving us all a little bit of energy!

Xenon101

on Oct 19, 2006

And a bit o' oil

Lotherius

on Oct 21, 2006

Yay google... they maybe an evil giant, but they're an evil giant that I for one welcome.

The US (as well as the world) needs to find a serious commitment to solar power. People wine about cloudy days, etc... the fact is you don't have to drop off the grid if you go solar. Days you have a shortage of power, you pull from the grid. Days when you have more sun than energy needs you sell back to the grid.

All new construction over 2500 sq. ft should be required to have a percentage of its sq ft. in solar panels. People might say they can't afford it, well tough titty, build under 2500 sq ft., we need to get serious about energy savings in this world, and that means sacrifice.

Good for google.

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