Google in talks with Israeli solar company

[jpak]

http://www.powermanagementdesignline.com/news/207801072

NETANYA, Israel — Internet search giant Google Inc. (Mountain View, Calif.) is in discussions with Israeli solar company Ormat about potential cooperation in enewable energy projects.

In an interview with the Israeli newspaper TheMarker , Google co-founder Sergey Brin confimed the discussions, saying that "Ormat is a great company."

Brin added: "We think that geothermal energy, especially deep geothermal energy, is an interesting area " and it seems like Ormat is successful at turning geothermal energy into a big business. We are also considering solar energy and wind energy."

Brin, who visited Israel for a conference held by the country's president Shimon Peres, also said that there are opportunites for Google to cooperate with and perhaps acquire companies in Israel. He said that Israel is the home of many interesting companies in the areas of renewable energy, alternative energy and electric cars.

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[madokie]

1. Google bought 800 acres of our local industrial park

and are building a data center of some sort and I've heard they plan to add a manufacturing facility of some sort to each of the 8 100 acre plats. I wonder if something along these lines is in their plans. All the work thats being done now is under high security. On the data center project they have installed 24 16 cylinder diesel powered generators each setting on a 4000 gallon fuel tank. I can't get close enough to see what rating they are though. Google thinks big