Google Files First Solar Patent, Builds R&D Team

bizwriter writes "Google has moved beyond investing and using solar power and has started on serious R&D work in the field. Its first patent application in solar energy technology just became public, and the company is staffing a new R&D group 'to develop electricity from renewable energy sources at a cost less than coal' at 'utility scale.'"

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Re:Evil

[JonySuede]

all patent are not evil and this is exactly the kind of patent that the system was designed to encourage.

to develop electricity from renewable energy sources at a cost less than coal' at 'utility scale.'

This is not a good example of evil.