{"id":753995,"date":"2013-05-30T17:37:30","date_gmt":"2013-05-30T21:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/?p=650665"},"modified":"2013-05-30T17:37:30","modified_gmt":"2013-05-30T21:37:30","slug":"the-google-backed-clean-energy-projects-around-the-world-map","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/753995","title":{"rendered":"The Google-backed clean energy projects around the world [map]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past <a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/2007\/11\/27\/google-to-produce-clean-energy-cheaper-than-coal\/\">at least six years<\/a> Google has poured more than $1 billion\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/2013\/01\/09\/google-invests-200m-in-texas-wind-farm-now-backed-a-hoover-dam-worth-of-clean-power\/\">into a Hoover\u2019s Dam worth<\/a>\u00a0(2 GW) of clean energy projects, as well as funded a few early stage cleantech startups (and <a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/2013\/05\/22\/google-x-is-acquiring-high-altitude-wind-startup-makani-power\/\">even acquired one recently<\/a>). Earlier today, as part of its first clean power investment in Africa, <a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/2013\/05\/30\/google-invests-in-big-south-african-solar-project\/\">Google announced<\/a>\u00a0that it has invested $12 million into a solar panel farm in South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>We mapped out Google-backed clean power projects, with links to our coverage to see how much the company is investing, in what and where.<\/p>\n<div class=\"googlemaps\"><iframe width=\"708\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps\/ms?msa=0&amp;msid=200759420483990458155.0004ddf123f434da8794b&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;t=m&amp;ll=38.959409,-97.558594&amp;spn=27.242942,62.138672&amp;z=4&amp;output=embed\"><\/iframe><br \/><small><a href=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps\/ms?msa=0&amp;msid=200759420483990458155.0004ddf123f434da8794b&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;t=m&amp;ll=38.959409,-97.558594&amp;spn=27.242942,62.138672&amp;z=4&amp;source=embed\" style=\"text-align:left\">View Larger Map<\/a><\/small><\/div>\n<br \/>  <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stats.wordpress.com\/b.gif?resize=1%2C1\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><p><a href=\"http:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?iu=\/1008864\/GigaOM_RSS_300x250&#038;sz=300x250&%23038;c=287539\"><img src=\"http:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?iu=\/1008864\/GigaOM_RSS_300x250&#038;sz=300x250&%23038;c=287539\" \/><\/a><\/p><p><strong>Related research and analysis from GigaOM Pro:<\/strong><br \/>Subscriber content. <a href=\"http:\/\/pro.gigaom.com\/?utm_source=tech&utm_medium=editorial&utm_campaign=auto3&utm_term=650665+the-google-backed-clean-energy-projects-around-the-world-map&utm_content=ranimolla\">Sign up for a free trial<\/a>.<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"http:\/\/pro.gigaom.com\/2012\/12\/cleantech-2013-smart-meters-solar-and-the-current-investment-climate\/?utm_source=tech&utm_medium=editorial&utm_campaign=auto3&utm_term=650665+the-google-backed-clean-energy-projects-around-the-world-map&utm_content=ranimolla\">Cleantech and investment in 2013<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/pro.gigaom.com\/2009\/05\/home-energy-management-consumer-preferences-and-attitudes\/?utm_source=tech&utm_medium=editorial&utm_campaign=auto3&utm_term=650665+the-google-backed-clean-energy-projects-around-the-world-map&utm_content=ranimolla\">Home Energy Management: Consumer Attitudes and Preferences<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/pro.gigaom.com\/2012\/05\/locating-data-centers-in-an-energy-constrained-world\/?utm_source=tech&utm_medium=editorial&utm_campaign=auto3&utm_term=650665+the-google-backed-clean-energy-projects-around-the-world-map&utm_content=ranimolla\">Locating data centers in an energy-constrained world<\/a><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?a=A-0rVmFm6QI:I9JEZc7SavI:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div><img src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/OmMalik\/~4\/A-0rVmFm6QI\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past at least six years Google has poured more than $1 billion\u00a0into a Hoover\u2019s Dam worth\u00a0(2 GW) of clean energy projects, as well as funded a few early stage cleantech startups (and even acquired one recently). Earlier today, as part of its first clean power investment in Africa, Google announced\u00a0that it has invested [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4902,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12076,4821],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-753995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-energy","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-3a9d","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4902"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=753995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753995\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=753995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=753995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=753995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}