Chip Shot: Intel Headquarters Building Topped with Wind Turbines

Visible from Mission College Blvd. in the heart of Silicon Valley, Intel has installed one of the world’s largest operating rooftop arrays of wind micro-turbines on the roof of Intel’s worldwide headquarters in Santa Clara, California. Intel’s micro-turbines are a proof-of-concept project, in which Intel hopes to collect data that will help the company better understand green power and identify ways to continue evolving its sustainability programs. This is just the latest milestone in Intel’s longstanding commitment to innovation and environmental sustainability.

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Rendering of the planned installation of 58 Wind Micro-Turbines on the rooftop of Intel’s global headquarters building in Santa Clara, California. The installation is underway and will be complete in May 2015.  IMAGE SOURCE:  JLM Energy, Inc.

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Located on the rooftop of Intel’s headquarters Robert Noyce Building in Santa Clara, California, the company is installing a total of 58 micro turbines as part of a pilot wind power project.

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Intel CEO Brian Krzanich on the roof of Intel’s headquarters Robert Noyce Building checking out the company’s new wind microturbines. Intel is installing a total of 58 microturbines as part of a pilot wind power project. With Krzanich is Josh Beckwith, construction project manager with JLM Energy, the Rocklin California company that built and is installing the microturbines.

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