Google to begin selling maps data to companies building solar products, hopes to generate $100 million in first year

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Among the new offerings will be a Solar API, which could be sold to solar installers, solar designers, utilities, and other customers, internal documents reveal

Google is planning to sell new mapping APIs that would allow companies to build products that use energy and environmental data.The company sees a range of potential customers including Zillow, Marriot and Tesla and PG&E.is planning to license new sets of mapping data to a range of companies to use as they build products around renewable energy, and is hoping generate up to $100 million in its first year, CNBC has learned.

The company plans to sell access to new APIs with solar and energy information and air quality, according to materials viewed by CNBC.

 

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