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Facebook sets 100% RE goal for 2020
Facebook has committed to a 2020 deadline for reducing its GHG emissions by 75% and powering its global operation with 100% renewable energy. The company’s earlier goal of supporting 50% of its facilities with RE by 2018, set in 2015, was achieved one year early at 51% in 2017.
Facebook signs wind PPA in Indiana
Facebook has signed a 15-year PPA for 139 MW of power from the Headwaters II Wind Farm in Randolph County, Indiana. The wind farm, operated by EDP Renewables, SA, produces a total of 200 MW and is expected to be operational in 2020.
Facebook plans six solar projects to power data centers in Oregon
Facebook has announced it will finance construction of six large solar projects that will generate 437 megawatts of power for its Prineville, Oregon campus, home of three existing and two more planned data centers.
BYD and Buffet form e-bus venture
Facebook and Stanford University are among the first customers of a new venture created to lease electric buses to U.S. corporations, schools, and cities. The enterprise joins BYD Co., a Warren Buffet-backed manufacturer of electric vehicles in China
Facebook plans new data center in Alabama
With the headline, “Hello, Alabama!,” Facebook announced it will locate its newest data center in Huntsville, Ala.
Facebook signs green tariff for Utah data center
Facebook will begin construction on a 970,000 square-foot data center in Eagle Mountain, Utah to be powered with 100% renewable energy via a green tariff with Rocky Mountain Power.
Facebook signs wind PPA in Norway
Facebook has signed a 15-year PPA for 100% of the output from the Bjerkreim cluster of wind farms in southwest Norway. The 294 MW of capacity from the three contiguous wind projects included in the group is projected to add more than one million MW hours of renewable energy to the Nordic grid each year.
Facebook and Adobe sign wind PPA in Nebraska
Facebook and Adobe have signed PPAs with Enel Green Power North America, Inc. (EGPNA) for the sale of the energy produced by the 320 MW Rattlesnake Creek wind farm, located in Nebraska.
Facebook’s newest data center will be 100% RE
Facebook will power its new Newton Data Center with 100% renewable energy. The data center, Facebook’s ninth facility, is located in Newton County, Georgia. Comprising three building totaling 970,000 square feet, it is expected to be operational in 2020
Big tech drives clean energy record
Companies including technology leaders Apple Inc. and Facebook Inc., signed long-term agreements for a record-breaking 5.4 gigawatts of clean power in 2017, a 26% increase over 4.3 gigawatts in 2016.
Facebook’s NM data center to add wind and solar
Facebook’s data center in Los Lunas, New Mexico is expected to welcome the addition of two new wind farms and a solar facility, expected to add 266 MWh of renewable energy.
Report outlines Facebook's clean energy strategy
"Facebook is Greening the Grid," a recent article in American Builder Today, tracks the progress of the 2-billion user’s new data center in Omaha, Neb., as they work with Omaha Public Power District to source energy from wind farms
Facebook data center revives Nebraska wind farm
Facebook will begin procuring energy for its Papillion data center project from a previously dormant wind farm in northeast Nebraska, the social media company announced Oct. 19.
Facebook switches to community choice RE option
Social media giant Facebook has switched all electric accounts at its Menlo Park, Calif., headquarters to participate in a 100% renewable energy program created by a newly established California electricity supplier.
Renewable energy access lures Facebook to Ohio
Facebook Inc. announced Aug. 15 that it will spend $750 million on a new data center in Ohio, a location chosen in part for its accessibility to low-cost renewable energy.
Nebraska utility revs up wind supply for Facebook
In celebrating the start of construction of its newest data center in Nebraska, Facebook cited a deal for wind energy from Omaha Public Power District as a key factor in its decision to locate there.
Greenpeace praises Switch in clean energy rankings
Environmental advocacy group Greenpeace, in a new report, named Apple, Google, Facebook and Switch as leaders in the movement to build a renewably powered internet while taking a more critical eye toward Amazon.
Facebook unveils site for efficient new data center
After months of negotiations and politics in New Mexico and Utah over which state is better suited for Facebook to build its newest data center, which it plans to run entirely on renewable energy, the social media giant has made its selection.
New Mexico OKs solar deal for Facebook data center
Regulators in New Mexico on Aug. 17 approved a string of special renewable energy deals for a proposed Facebook data center in a move intended to sway the company to do business in the state.
White House gets behind Apple, Facebook-led push for corporate renewable adoption
In a June 2 announcement, the White House highlighted the efforts of a number of U.S. corporations as leaders in the push for accelerated adoption of renewable energy.
New interactive map guides corporates through renewable power options by state
The World Resources Institute unveiled a new, interactive map that compares renewable power options by state; the tool is intended to help drive corporate adoption of clean energy.
Power Forward 2.0: How American Companies Are Setting Clean Energy Targets and Capturing Greater Business Value
In this World Wildlife Fund report, the second in the Power Forward series, the organization expands on the analysis of clean energy and climate targets from the U.S. Fortune 100 to include the full U.S. Fortune 500.
