Google Invests 280 Million Dollar in Solar Power For Homes.

Google announced that it is investing $280 million in a rooftop solar power company, California-based SolarCity.

Of course, this is just the latest announcement of many demonstrating Google’s tremendous investment and belief in truly clean, renewable energy.

Google’s $280 million will give  SolarCity Company the funding to build and lease solar power systems to a 7,000 to 9,000 homeowners in the 10 states where it operates,” SolarCity already has 15,000 solar projects constructed or being built across the country.

Google’s Rick Needham, Director of Green Business Operations, writes:

Imagine sitting on your patio watching the sun’s rays pass overhead, knowing that they power your home with clean energy—at a cost that’s less that what you would have paid using just the grid. That’s what my colleague, engineer Michael Flaster, has been doing at his home in Menlo Park, Calif. since March of this year. He did it with the help of a company called SolarCity, which enables homeowners and businesses to begin using solar energy to power their homes and buildings.

Google does a good job of pointing out quite clearly that while clean energy helps the environment, it just makes good economic and financial sense as well.

Google has invested before in windmills producing energy but this is the first time Google invests in home energy.

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