{"id":7583,"date":"2013-01-15T06:00:43","date_gmt":"2013-01-15T11:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/?p=7583"},"modified":"2017-09-05T17:43:56","modified_gmt":"2017-09-05T21:43:56","slug":"google-renewable-energy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/google-renewable-energy\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Adds More Power to its Renewable Energy Portfolio"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Google kicked off 2013 with an announcement about a new, $200 million equity investment in a wind farm in west Texas. The wind farm can generate enough electricity to power 60,000 average U.S. homes.
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The Spinning Spur Wind Project is located in Oldham County, which is about 35 miles from Amarillo. The 161 megawatt facility was built by renewable energy developer EDF Renewable Energy, a company with more than 50 alternative energy projects under its belt.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We look for projects like Spinning Spur because, in addition to creating more renewable energy and strengthening the local economy, they also make for smart investments: they offer attractive returns relative to the risks and allow us to invest in a broad range of assets,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Google said.<\/p>\n

Spinning Spur is the 11th alternative energy<\/a> investment made by Google since 2010, totally 2 GW of potential clean power generation. These include Shepherds Flat, a 845 MW wind farm, one of the world\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s largest of its kind in the world. It went online in October. <\/p>\n

The company created an infograph to illustrate what exactly 2 GW of electricity means \u00e2\u20ac\u201c basically, quite a lot of clean energy!<\/p>\n

Via Google Official Blog<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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