Google to convert headquarters to solar power : Mail & Guardian Online

Strictly speaking this is NOT an Pay per click or even a search engine optimization article. But its nice to see that Page and Sergi over at Google are amongst the greenest of the US Corporate CEO's.

Below is a snippet from an article in which Google plans to convert their headquarters to use more solar power.

This is probably not a 100% ultruistic move as their mega server farms use an incredible amount of electricity, but the move is pretty cool nonetheless.

Google to convert headquarters to solar power : Mail & Guardian Online: "Google is converting its renowned headquarters to run partly on solar power, hoping to set an example for other businesses in the United States.

The internet search leader announced what is believed to be the largest solar project undertaken by a US company during a solar energy conference in Silicon Valley on Monday. Google believes the sun eventually can deliver as much as 30% of the power at its campus in Mountain View -- a suburb about 56km south of San Francisco."

Despite technological advances since the first photovoltaic cells were invented 50 years ago, solar power is still two to three times more expensive than fossil fuels in the US and relies on government subsidies to compete.

The solar energy industry nevertheless is expected to grow from $11-billion in 2005 to $51-billion in 2015, estimated Clean Edge, a market research firm.