Microsoft Campuses are now going solar panel powered or at least they have started too, Microsoft’s Silicon Valley campus was the first to install the new solar panels as a commemorative for Earth Day 2006, hopefully it will be a success and we will start too see Solar panels being used on other Microsoft Campuses and Buildings other than just the Microsoft Silicon Valley campus, here’s an extract of an article at CNET News.com explaining more about this move to solar energy.

At a small gathering Friday afternoon at Microsoft’s Silicon Valley campus in Mountain View, the company commemorated Earth Day by flipping the switch on its new solar electric system, designed to save energy costs.

Attendees were treated to free scoops of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream. Microsoft says the system, which with 2,288 solar panels on four building rooftops generates about 480 kW at peak capacity, is the largest of its kind in Silicon Valley. It’s also the first such effort from Microsoft on any one of its worldwide campuses. “Microsoft is committed to being a responsible environmental citizen locally and globally,” said John Matheny, Microsoft’s Silicon Valley Site Leader. “Implementing the latest practices and technologies to protect the environment is good for the community and good for our business.”

Via: CNET News