Funder Google realised this was a dead end in 2011, two years before it was finished construction, here's a write up by them: https://web.archive.org/web/20130

Funder Google realised this was a dead end in 2011, two years before it was finished construction, here's a write up by them: https://web.archive.org/web/20130629173557/http://www.google.org/rec.html https://web.archive.org/web/20130629173557/http://www.google... It was a good idea when they planned it but solar PV prices dropped dramatically and were predicted to fall further. Batteries doing the same was the final nail in its coffin.