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Google joins 3 other companies in wind PPA
Google joined a new consortium of companies in the Netherlands committed to sourcing renewable energy, through which it will purchase a portion of the electricity from a community-funded wind project.
Google talks renewables, not storage, at SXSW Eco
Speaking Oct. 10 at the SXSW Eco conference in Austin, Texas, Google's sustainability officer Kate Brandt outlined the company's environmental and energy iniatives, including how it is using technology to advance its efforts.
Bolstered by Google, Dow Chemical, nonutility buyers made up 19% of Q2 wind capacity contracts
U.S. wind industry activity approached record levels in the second quarter of 2016 as utilities and other purchasers locked in record-low wind costs, according to the American Wind Energy Association, which released its quarterly market report July 26.
Google improves power usage efficiency 15% at data centers after AI deployment
The next generation of energy efficiency may have just arrived.
Google signs PPA for additional European wind energy to power data centers
Google on June 29 said it agreed to purchase, for 12 years, the entire electric output of a 120-MW wind farm to be built in Norway. The company will use the energy to power its European data centers.
With help from Amazon, Google, Microsoft, data center energy use levels after years of rapid growth
Partially driven by the efforts of large tech companies to reduce the energy intensity of data centers, a new report has found that electric consumption from U.S. data centers plateaued in 2010.
Google recognized for contributions to wind energy
The American Wind Energy Association said Google's leadership in the space has helped open the market for new wind development
Kohl's breaks up tech giant club in new EPA rankings of largest green power users
Tech companies made up five of the top six slots on the U.S. EPA's most recent rankings of the largest green power users within its green power partnership program.
Google becomes 1st corporate offtaker of an Enel wind farm in North America
Google has signed a 200-MW bundled, long-term power purchase agreement for power and renewable energy credits from a 400-MW wind farm under construction in Kansas.
Google Energy led growing number of nonutility wind buyers in 2015
Nonutility buyers, lead by Google, Amazon Web Services and Equinix, accounted for 52% of wind power contracted through power purchase agreements in 2015.
Apple, Google, Amazon, Microsoft support EPA's Clean Power Plan
Four heavyweight tech companies have made clear their support of the U.S. EPA's Clean Power Plan, which seeks to curb carbon emissions from existing power plants.
Corporate renewable energy purchases taking hold in Michigan
Michigan is getting noticed for its moves to facilitate corporate renewable energy purchases.
The wind is blowing toward corporate buyers big time, AWEA says
About 75% of the wind megawatts contracted through power purchase agreements in the fourth quarter of 2015 were through corporations, according to a new report.
First-time corporate renewable energy buyers breathing down Google’s neck
Google still dominates the corporate renewable energy buyers' market, but new entrants made major inroads in 2015, according to the Rocky Mountain Institute.
Google signs 225 MW wind PPA with Invenergy
Google signed a 225-MW power purchase agreement with renewable energy producer Invenergy Jan. 27 to help power Google's data centers.
Renewable Energy Buyers' Principles adds 6 new participants to growing list of large-scale names
The new participants are Google, McDonald's, adidas Group, Nestle, Kellogg and Avery Dennison.
Google invests big in renewable energy for data centers
Google is making considerable long-term investments in renewable energy to power their own operations and support renewable energy penetration globally.
