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October 13, 2010

Google Invests in Offshore Wind Project
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The internet giant Google has announced an investment into a proposed
electronic transmission line that would carry power generated from
offshore wind farms to the East Coast. The Atlantic Wind Connection
would bring wind-generated power through a network of underwater cables.
The head of Google’s green business operations, Rick Needham, said the
project would bolster the move toward offshore wind.

Rick Needham: "Instead of multiple piecemeal connections, this will
serve as a superhighway, with on-ramps for wind farms and the ability to
intelligently be expanded to increase even further the amount of
offshore wind that’s available."



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