Google Biggest New Energy Buy Yet

Google announces 18 new renewable energy deals

Frederic Lardinois, September 19. 2019 (Tech Crunch)

“…[Google’s 18 renewable energy deals, its biggest buy to date, represent 1,600-megawatts] in the U.S., Chile and Europe. This brings Google’s current set of wind and solar agreements to about 5,500 megawatts (MW) and the company’s number of total renewables projects it’s involved in to 52…[The new projects are expected to] drive about $2 billion in investments in new energy infrastructure…

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They include] a total of 720 MW from solar farms in North Carolina, South Carolina and Texas…[and 125 MW in Chile] to power its data center…[M]any of Google’s earlier investments were in wind energy. Its new investments in the U.S. are mostly in solar…[because of] the declining cost of solar. In Chile, the company is investing in a hybrid solar and wind deal for the first time…[Amazon recently] pledged to run its business on 100% renewable energy by 2030 and buy 100,000 electric vans.” click here for more

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