Google To Invest Millions In Search For Renewable Energy
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Google doesn’t seem to stay “on-topic” when it comes to the problems they attempt to tackle. Their latest foray into a seemingly unrelated field is their announced investment of hundreds of millions into looking for sources of renewable energy.
Google will focus initially on solar thermal power, wind power, geothermal systems and other “potential breakthrough” technologies. It wants to find cheaper, less polluting ways to supply its own demand for energy, as well as accelerate the replacement of fossil fuels for worldwide electricity generation.
Larry Page, co-founder of Google, said: “We have gained expertise in designing and building large-scale, energy-intensive facilities by building efficient data centres. We want to apply the same creativity and innovation to the challenge of generating renewable electricity at a globally significant scale.”
The company’s clean technology initiative, called REC, aims to develop renewable energy sources that are cheaper than coal, the cheapest, most abundant and dirtiest fossil fuel.
The company hopes that the fact they’ve entered the field will draw attention to the issue. This has been the case with other high-profile Google projects.
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