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Investments

Jun. 16, 2011

Google Surges Ahead in Cleantech

San Mateo-based SolarCity Inc. used an in-house team of lawyers, with a little help from Chadborne & Parke, for its $280 million investment from Google Inc. announced Tuesday.


By Robert Pierce


Daily Journal Staff Writer


PALO ALTO - San Mateo-based SolarCity Inc. used an in-house team of lawyers, with a little help from Chadbourne & Parke, for its $280 million investment from Google Inc. announced Tuesday.


The investment is Google's largest in the clean-technology space to date. In April, the company invested $168 million in Oakland-based BrightSource Energy Inc. for its Ivanpah solar power plant in the Mojav...

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