Google in German solar investment

Google Thursday announced a multi-million-euro (dollar) investment in a solar power plant outside Berlin in what the US Internet giant said was its first clean energy project investment in Europe. Google said it would plough 3.5 million euros ($5.0 million) into one of Germany's biggest solar plants, located in Brandenburg, the state surrounding Berlin.
"Until the early 1990s, the site was used as a training ground by the Russian military. We're glad it has found a new use," the firm said in a posting on its European Public Policy Blog. Google said the plant should provide power for 5,000 homes in the area. The investment still needs official approval. It has also invested in wind power projects in the United States.