{"id":13067,"date":"2011-05-24T13:24:26","date_gmt":"2011-05-24T20:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kqed.org\/climatewatch\/?p=13067"},"modified":"2018-02-02T00:34:37","modified_gmt":"2018-02-02T00:34:37","slug":"google-writing-more-checks-for-renewable-energy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/climatewatch\/2011\/05\/24\/google-writing-more-checks-for-renewable-energy\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Writing More Checks for Renewable Energy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another major renewable energy project is getting a cash infusion<\/a> from Google.<\/p>\n

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Wind turbines clustered on hilltops near Tehachapi. (Photo: Sasha Khokha)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This time it’s Terra-Gen’s multi-phase wind project in Kern County, known as the Alta Wind Energy Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Google’s clean-tech investment arm will reportedly invest $55 million in the project, being built near Tehachapi.<\/p>\n

Bill Weihl, Google’s green energy “czar,” told me in an interview last year that the company would support clean energy technologies with two main attributes; global scalability and the potential to become cost-competitive with coal power. In a 2010 interview<\/a> with the New York Times<\/em>, Weihl said he thought Google’s “culture of innovation” made it a good fit with renewable energy development.<\/p>\n

Google has now made substantial investments in wind, solar and geothermal projects, in and around California, as well as bankrolling an ambitious scheme to build a connective spine connecting offshore wind projects along the Atlantic coast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Another major renewable energy project is getting a cash infusion from Google. This time it’s Terra-Gen’s multi-phase wind project in Kern County, known as the Alta Wind Energy Center. Google’s clean-tech investment arm will reportedly invest $55 million in the project, being built near Tehachapi. 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