Comments on: Google To “Buy” 100% Of Electricity From 240 MW Texas Wind Farm

By: Shiggity

Shiggity — Wed, 18 Sep 2013 20:21:00 +0000

I use an alias for a reason XD

By: Bob_Wallace

Bob_Wallace — Wed, 18 Sep 2013 20:17:00 +0000

Thanks.

By: Shiggity

Shiggity — Wed, 18 Sep 2013 20:13:00 +0000

There’s a way to see the article without a subscription. Just copy paste the title of the article into google and click the top search result. I don’t have a subscription and I can see it.

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 18 Sep 2013 18:40:00 +0000

Your link is for WSJ subscribers only. Yes there is some story there, just can’t see it without the key.

By: Shiggity

Shiggity — Wed, 18 Sep 2013 17:44:00 +0000

Google is really one of the first true 21st century companies. Their business model does better with more and cheaper internet access, while a significant amount of other business models get worse. They aren’t biased on energy generation, so they will take whatever is cheapest and whatever can power their data centers most efficiently in the most optimal locations.

When you look at how their data centers and energy generation assets are placed, they’re building their own smart-grid. Pretty soon they’ll have a grid completely independent of the mainstream grid. Also remember that they are getting into power transmission as well. In addition to this they are gaining expertise in battery storage tech. They have all the pieces and the puzzle is almost completed.