Japanese, Google put $500m into world's largest wind farm

Subsidiaries of Japanese trading conglomerates ITOCHU and Sumitomo are investing $400m and the internet giant $100m in the project, developed by Caithness Energy.

The $2bn project will be the first in the US to use General Electric’s (GE's) 2.5MW turbines, and the US industrial group is also an investor in the Oregon facility.

In Google's case, the move into Shepherds Flat follows its $168m investment last week in the largest solar power tower project, Ivanpah, bringing the company’s total position in renewable energy to more than $350m.

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