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Google (Nasdaq: GOOG), a growing player within the cleantech industry, has signed an agreement to help finance the Atlantic Wind Connection project -- a set of transmission lines which would be capable of connecting offshore wind farms to the United States' electric grid.

Through its subsidiary, Google Energy, Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) has announced today that it has signed a 20-year deal to purchase wind power from a 114 megawatt Iowa-based wind farm owned by NextEra Energy Resources

America's first wireless Smart Grid network has been deployed in Plumas-Sierra county, California, using TV White Space spectrum as a means to deliver connectivity.

The process for creating geothermal wells is very similar to that used for extracting oil and gas, at least in the initial phases.

Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) recently announced the company has invested US$38.8 million in two wind farms in the United States.

Google Inc.'s (Nasdaq:GOOG) green energy czar, Bill Weihl, recently announced the development of an "internal prototype" for new technology that could potentially cut the costs of building heliostats in half.

Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) is still planning on being a big player in the clean technology boom.  So, the company is changing its investing tactics.

Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) is searching for a new energy technology that will provide power cheaper than coal.