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Google gains approval for new energy efficient HQ
Google has received unanimous approval for a new energy efficient headquarters from the Mountain View, Calif., City Council.
Moody's: Primary driver of renewable energy demand has shifted to corporates, other new entrants
Corporate power purchase agreements and community choice aggregators are now primary drivers of demand for renewable energy in the U.S., replacing state mandates for greener power portfolios, according to a new report from Moody's Investors Service.
Iowa, Illinois lead corporate clean energy rankings
Out of all 50 states, Iowa was recently named as the easiest place for corporations to purchase renewable energy to power their operations.
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.
Google-supported Texas wind project changes hands
About a year after Google announced its signing of a 225 MW wind PPA with developer Invenergy, the project has been sold to Southern Co. subsidiary Southern Power.
Google's renewable energy investments hit $2.5B
Google has made $2.5 billion in equity commitments for renewable energy projects worldwide, according to its 2016 environmental report, which also put numbers on efforts to make its data centers as energy efficient as possible.
Google: Achieving 100% renewable energy purchasing goal and going beyond
This white paper describes Google's path to achieving 100% renewable energy, discusses lessons learned and details the role of energy efficiency in getting there. It also outlines how the company will continue our efforts to accelerate the global transition to clean energy.
Google will hit 100% renewables in 2017, calls the milestone 'just the beginning' in detailing new plans
An early mover among a growing number of corporations that have pledged to run their operations on 100% renewable energy, Google announced it will hit that goal in 2017.
Making the case for corporate energy 'prosumers'
With Apple moving into the business of selling electricity earlier this year, the Harvard Business Review took on the trend in a Nov. 25 piece suggesting other businesses may want to follow suit.
Google expands 'project sunroof' calculator capabilities
Google has expanded the capabilities of its 'Project Sunroof' data explorer to include solar generation estimates for entire communities.
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.
