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The U.S. offshore energy czar said Google Inc’s surprising decision to get involved in wind energy is an exciting development.

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Google has invested in an effort to create a 350-mile power transmission backbone linking wind turbines several miles offshore with sites along the United States East Coast.

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Investors announced a $5 billion project on Tuesday to power the U.S. East Coast with wind from the Atlantic Ocean, in an ambitious bid to spur alternative energy. The project, led by technology giant Google, would set up offshore wind turbines and a new transmission grid that stretches 350 miles from New Jersey to Virginia, which is the most densely population part of the U.S. Google said it …

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The Net giant is a major investor in a project to carry power from offshore wind turbines to the East Coast.

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Today: Google is buying in to an effort to bring wind energy to East Coast cities. Intel reports record revenue. Twitter aims for 1 billion users. An iPhone game maker, ngmoco, is sold for as much as $400 million.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Google and a handful of other companies are investing in a proposed $5 billion network of underwater transmission lines that could bring power from future offshore wind farms to customers along the East Coast.

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Google’s energy unit has entered into a deal to buy wind power from NextEra Energy Inc for the next 20 years to power data centers.

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Google’s going green.

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BISMARCK, N.D. – Google Inc. has bought a $38.8 million stake in two North Dakota wind farms — an investment that a state regulator believes will spur more interest in the state’s growing wind energy industry.

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Google’s ever-expanding empire has added another branch: subsidiary Google Energy has been granted an order by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to buy and sell energy at market rates. Does this mean Google is set to become your power company? Not yet — instead, Google wants more control over the high energy costs of its many data centers, and also aims to become carbon neutral. A Google …

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