Google inc. headquartered in Mountain View, California, has finalized a 20-year deal with NextEra Energy, located in Story County, Iowa, to procure 114 megawatts of electrical power generation through wind energy. This is the first major deal Google has done after acquiring approval from the US government to trade in the commercial electricity business. Google achieved this feat after a couple of years of their interest and investments in many of the solar, wind and geothermal projects in US.

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