Google HQ to set solar power example

GOOGLE is converting its renowned headquarters to run partly on solar power, hoping to set an example for corporate America.

The internet giant announced what is believed to be the largest solar project undertaken by a US company during a solar energy conference in Silicon Valley.

Google believes the sun eventually can deliver as much as 30% of the power at its 1m-square-foot campus in Mountain View — a suburb about 56 kilometres south of San Francisco.