Google has announced that it is investing $80 million in six solar facilities at California and Arizona.
Developed by leading solar developer Recurrent Energy, the projects have a combined capacity of 106MW and will generate enough electricity to power over 17,000 U.S. homes.
Google is partnering with global investment firm KKR to do this investment. These solar power plants are expected to operational by early 2014.
Google has invested more than $1 billion ion renewable energy projects around the world.
It is Google’s 14th investment in renewable Energy. Refer this list to know the complete details about Google’s investments.