Google Plans to Produce a Gigawatt of Clean Energy, Cheaper Than Coal

Google calls this initiative as “RE < C” or “Renewable Energy Cheaper Than Coal”

Google’s Co-Founder Larry Page said the initiative would spend tens of millions of dollars on Research and Development and hundreds of million dollars in renewable energy projects and startups

Google will try to produce power from Solar, wind power and geothermal systems and develop a cost effective technology based on it. And also they plan to license the developed technology to other customers. Google will have a dedicated energy division with the company and probably hire 20 to 30 engineers and experts

Google has already invested in solar power at their Google Headquarters Googleplex and has the largest commercial solar installation in the US, a 1.6MW solar power generating plant. This solar plant provides up to 30% of Google’s peak needs