Team Google have done it again, this time making their first direct investment in a utility-scale renewable energy project — two wind farms that generate 169.5 megawatts of power – enough to support more than 55,000 homes.

“We’re aiming to accelerate the deployment of renewable energy – in a way that makes good business sense too,” wrote Rick Needham, Google Green Business Operations Manager, on the companies official blog.

The energy from the facilities, which have been operating since last year, are being sold to utilities under power purchase agreements. A Google spokesman said the electricity generated by the wind farms wouldn’t be used to power any of the company’s data centers.