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Google Makes Its Case for Wind Power

BusinessWeek (Oct 13 2010) Nuclear , Wind
1. Google Inc., the Web company that a decade ago used engineering prowess to conquer the nascent online advertising market, is now aiming technology and its cash pile at another fledgling industry: offshore wind farming. The company said yesterday that it’s investing in a $5 billion underwater network that can channel electricity from wind turbines scattered off the Atlantic coast, enough to light up 1.9 million homes from New York to Virginia. (Read Full Article)
  
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