Google, Citibank Throwing $110M Into Wind

Marks a major corporate investment into green energy
By Newser Editors and Wire Services
Posted May 25, 2011 9:47 AM CDT
Google, Citibank Investing $1B Into Wind Energy
Giant wind turbines are powered by strong prevailing winds on May 13, 2008 near Palm Springs, California.   (Getty Images)

Google and Citibank are each throwing $55 million to the wind in California. The Mountain-View-based search giant is partnering with Citibank to help finance the Alta Wind Energy Center wind farm in the Tehachapi Mountains. The Kern County wind farm will generate 1.5 gigawatts of electricity, enough to power 450,000 homes through Southern California Edison.

The Alta Wind project is being built in phases. Segments are already generating 720 megawatts of energy and another 300 megawatts goes online by the end of the year. Google and Citibank are buying the fourth phase of the project, known as Alta IV, and will lease it back to developer Terra-Gen to operate over a long-term contract. (More Google stories.)

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