Google's Power Play

Google is installing the largest solar energy system in the country, and with it, repositioning itself as a utility as well as consumer.

BY: admin | Thu Jul 10, 2008

By David Weldon

With over 300 days of sunshine per year on average, Mountain View, California is a very friendly spot indeed for sun-worshipers.

And the great abundance of sunshine to be had is not lost on technology giant Google, Inc., which makes it's home base in this picturesque community, approximately 35 miles south of San Francisco.

Google's world headquarters is a sprawling 1-million-square-foot campus off U.S. Rte. 101, nicknamed the Googleplex. It is also the site of the largest solar energy system project in the United States, with 9,200-plus solar panels currently being installed to help power the facility.

Despite its size