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Captain Planet: Internet powerhouse is turning into a green power machine.”Imagine sitting on your patio watching the sun’s rays pass overhead, knowing that they power your home with clean energy,” declares Google. <\/p>\n

The search giant is investing $280 million to help fund SolarCity projects, a third party company which encourages use of solar energy to power their homes and buildings.<\/p>\n

But far be it for Google to stay on the sidelines and it has ” launched a partnership to offer SolarCity services to Googlers at a discount,” it said yesterday. <\/p>\n

 “This is our largest clean energy project investment to date and brings our total invested in the clean energy sector to more than $680 million.”<\/p>\n

And tear up your power bills, Googlers as this will “cost less than what you would have paid using just the grid,” it added. <\/p>\n

SolarCity’s “innovative” financing model covers installation and maintenance of the system over the life of the lease, “prepay, or pay nothing upfront after which requires monthly solar lease payments. <\/p>\n

The search engine has already invested in several large-scale renewable energy projects, announcing multimillion investments in wind farms in the US states of California and Oregan already this year. <\/p>\n

“We think “distributed” renewable energy (generated and used right at home) is a smart way to use solar photovoltaic (PV) technology to improve our power system since it helps avoid or alleviate distribution constraints on the traditional electricity grid.”<\/p>\n

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Google engineer Michael Flaster has been using the solar system at his Menlo Park, Calif. since March of this year. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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