We have been hearing and experiencing of power shortages in all major Indian cities including the IT cities, especially so in the summer season.

And this got me thinking why cant our IT companies harness the Solar energy to meet some(or all) of their power requirements during daytime ?

It seems like we are wasting all this sunlight energy (and cooling offices with AC's) when we have the PV (PhotoVoltaic) technology available to convert some sunlight to electricity. And the cost has also come down recently.

These companies can spend money on employee salaries and cars and five star accomodations and gensets , so then why not harness solar energy and use it, will help the environment and company.

Recently read an article that already Google , Microsoft and IBM have started using solar energy by installing PV Panels in their campus. So why should we lack behind, in India we receive so much sunlight throughout the year why waste it and then also cry hoarse about power shortage ??

At the Mountain View campus Google will be installing a cool 16 megawatt array of photovoltaic solar panels, the largest of any corporate campus in the continental United States, perhaps even one of the largest in the world.

Covering a total of six roofs, four of which are main buildings of the Googleplex alone, and even a few solar panels on support structures among the parking lots.

Generating enough energy to power around 1,000 Californian homes, approximately thirty percent of the peak consumption in several Mountain View office facilities will be sustained on these arrays.

Clean, sustainable and renewable energy sources are part of a project to reduce the environmental impact Google has, as a company.

Improving environmental practices according to Google, is part of their corporate responsibility as corporate citizens, as well as healthy business planning and Google Solar is a practical beginning.

This project will be a large investment in renewable energies, one that Google expects to prove as profitable.

The Solar Electric Power Association has more information on the subject, but the Google Solar commitment to efficient and renewable power generation technologies is an investment in the future that promises bright results.