Google Jettisons Renewable Energy Plan



Google Inc. has announced the end of its renewable energy ambition.

Google Inc has abandoned an ambitious project to make renewable energy cheaper than coal, the latest target of Chief Executive Larry Page's moves to focus the Internet giant on fewer efforts.[…]

Among the other projects included in Tuesday's "spring cleaning" were Google Knol, Google Search Timeline, Google Gear, Google Friend Connect, Google Bookmarks Lists and Google Wave, an ill-fated social networking and communication service that Google had previously said it would cease developing.

Evidently, the end of Google's renewable energy efforts appears to be part of an overall belt-tightening.