This installation is said to save Google $393,000 in electricity per year and can be monitored real time at this interactive page that contains data on the electricity being produced. One of the most unique features of the Googleplex array of solar panels is that it contains several clusters of solar trees. These parking lot covers are designed to keep cars cool while also producing electricity and serving it to both the Googleplex or plugin hybrid electric cars (PHEV's).

Google has long been a leader in environmental stewardship and has offered employees discounts on hybrid cars. Now that many Google employee hybrid owners are upgrading their cars to be plugins at places like Pat's Garage in San Francisco (which cost's about $10,000) Google is offering free charging as another incentive. In the rendering (taken from Google Earth and Sketchup) shown directly below you can see the solar trees off to the bottom left side.