Article: Google funds offshore wind power

from Discovery News

“Investors led by technology giant Google on Tuesday announced a five billion-dollar project to power the US East Coast with wind from the Atlantic Ocean, in an ambitious bid to spur alternative energy.

The project would set up offshore wind turbines and a new transmission grid stretching 350 miles (565 kilometers) from New Jersey to Virginia, the most densely populated part of the United States which suffered blackouts in 2003.”

Full article: http://news.discovery.com/tech/google-funds-offshore-wind-power.html

It is always interesting to see how companies participate in activities that are completely unrelated to their business. However, seeing Google do that is very likely to encourage other companies in the same industry to act in similar ways. In its  core the company is not only hi-tech, but it is also sustainability oriented. In its CSR the very first line states:

Since its founding, Google has been firmly committed to active philanthropy and to addressing the global challenges of climate change, education and poverty alleviation.

Source: Google’s CSR.