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Google has invested $38.8 million in two North Dakota wind farms. This is the first direct investment by Google in utility-scale renewable energy generation.

Utilising one of the world’s richest wind resources – the winds of the North Dakota plains, the two wind farms produce 169.5 megawatts of power and can light up around 55,000 homes.

In an official statement Google says “Through this $38.8 million investment, we’re aiming to accelerate the deployment of renewable energy — in a way that makes good business sense, too.”

Taiwan is to invest $1.4 billion in the island’s domestic renewable energy sector, its government said today, in a move it says will help the sector grow nearly eight-fold by 2015.

“The green energy sector can turn Taiwan into a major power in energy technology and production, as well as provide the creation of green jobs,” Taiwan’s Premier Liu Chao-shiuan said in a statement.

The statement did not say over what period the investment would be made.