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Microsoft Launches Carbon Removal
Microsoft signed a 10-year carbon removal offtake agreement where Climeworks will permanently remove 10,000 tons of CO2 emissions.
Microsoft Invests in California Microgrid
Microsoft announced that it has plans to develop California’s largest microgrid that is fully supported by renewable natural gas (RNG) to provide its San Jose, California data center with back-up power to ensure continuous operations.
Alphabet, Microsoft Commit to C02 Removal
First Movers Coalition members Alphabet, Microsoft and Salesforce collectively committed $500 million to carbon dioxide removal (CDR) at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2022 in Davos.
Microsoft Updates Sustainability Goals
Microsoft updated its progress on becoming net zero by 2030, including its reductions in Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions of 17% year over year by purchasing renewable energy.
Microsoft Launches Energy Matching Software
Microsoft announced it is partnering to develop an energy matching technology solution that allows customers to fully achieve their zero emissions goals.
Microsoft Launches Sustainability Team
Microsoft is launching a sustainability team that will be led by a new Corporate Vice President Elisabeth Brinton, who previously served as the executive vice president of global renewables & energy solutions at Shell.
Smart Energy Voices - Episode 59: Microsoft and the Art of the Possible
In this episode, Smart Energy Voices presents the keynote speaker from the recent Renewable Energy Forum, Brian Janous - General Manager of Energy at Microsoft. As one of the world’s preeminent leaders in the energy transition, Microsoft is constantly innovating. Listen in as Brian provides a glimpse into the mindset and culture at Microsoft that has enabled its unique approach to innovation, including efforts to drive collaboration between peers, suppliers, and customers to enable broader adoption of renewable energy.
Google, Microsoft Join Long Duration Energy Storage Council
Google and Microsoft are among several companies who joined the Long Duration Energy Storage Council, a global CEO-led organization focused on replacing the use of fossil fuels to meet peak demand with zero carbon long duration energy storage.
Microsoft To Use Hydrogen Fuel Cells for Data Centers
Microsoft’s data centers will receive backup power in a new three-year project through a collaboration with Caterpillar Inc. and Ballard Power Systems.
Microsoft Opens Sustainable Datacenter in Sweden
Microsoft Corp. announced the launch of its newest sustainable datacenter region in Sweden and is powering the datacenter with 100% carbon-free energy and supporting zero-waste operations.
Microsoft to Provide 24/7 Clean Power to VA Data Centers
Microsoft announced Nov. 2 a new renewable energy power deal that will allow it to power its data centers in Virginia with around-the-clock renewable energy.
AT&T to Leverage 5G to Help Businesses Reduce 1 Gigaton of Emissions
AT&T announced Aug. 31 a new ambition to help businesses collectively reduce a gigaton of greenhouse gas emissions by 2035.
Microsoft Inks Deal for Texas Solar
Microsoft will soon be adding power from a 430 MW solar farm in Texas to its energy portfolio.
Microsoft’s 100/100/0 Vision
Microsoft announced on July 14 a 100/100/0 commitment to have 100% of its electricity consumption, 100 percent of the time, matched by zero carbon energy purchases by 2030.
Microsoft Collaborates on Zero Emissions Tech
Microsoft is teaming up with Williams to develop technology and innovation to support the zero-emissions transition.
Accenture, Microsoft Lead Collaboration on Software Sustainability Project
Accenture, GitHub, Microsoft and ThoughtWorks launched May 20 a joint project to grow the green software movement and contribute to the creation of environmental standards for the technology industry.
Microsoft and Total partner on energy innovation
Total and Microsoft announced March 11 a new partnership to help one another achieve their respective energy goals.
Chevron and Microsoft team up to create carbon negative power
Chevron Corporation announced March 4 a new collaboration with Microsoft that will focus on developing carbon negative power using carbon capture and sequestration technology.
Accenture and Microsoft collaborate to accelerate U.K.’s transition to net-zero
Microsoft and global digital services company Accenture announced on Feb. 24 that they are partnering to help speed the U.K.’s low-carbon transition.
Land O'Lakes launches carbon program; Microsoft is its first buyer
Land O’Lakes announced on Feb. 4 that it is launching a new carbon program, TruCarbon, to help farmers generate and sell carbon credits to private sector buyers. Microsoft will be the first secured buyer to purchase carbon in 2021.
Smart Energy Voices Podcast - Episode 19: Driving Decarbonization With Digital Innovation
We open our second season of Smart Energy Voices with Microsoft’s Vanessa Miler-Fels, Director of Energy Innovation and Impact. Decarbonization is one of the primary goals many companies are trying to achieve in their operations. Microsoft is leading the way in the realm of corporate leadership, setting its Carbon Negative Pledge as a standard to follow. Miler-Fels’ insights and clear way of describing the “carbon math” the Microsoft team has done to empower their own efforts and extend their approach to their own supply chain partners come through loud and clear in this conversation. Listen to hear the generous and ambitious contributions Microsoft is poised to make to the world’s energy future.
Microsoft, Unilever, Neste join The Climate Pledge
Unilever, Microsoft, Brooks, Neste and ITV, among eight other companies, are the most recent signatories of Amazon’s The Climate Pledge.
VRESF Video: Driving Decarbonization with Digital Innovation
In the first of our series of presentations from the 2020 Virtual Renewable Energy Forum (Winter Edition), Vanessa Miler-Fels, Director of Energy Innovation & Impact at Microsoft discusses the company’s slate of “moonshot" goals, including the removal of 45 years of historical carbon emissions. The key – and a primary focus of innovation and funding – is data.
Microsoft pursues innovative new RE credits that bring solar power to Africa
Microsoft announced Nov. 19 the execution of the first-ever Peace Renewable Energy Credit (P-REC) transaction, which will aid the development of a new 1.3 MW solar-plus-storage project in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Shell and Microsoft collaborate on net zero carbon goals
Shell International Petroleum Company Limited and Microsoft Corporation announced Sept. 22 that they are teaming up on a collaboration to help the other achieve their net zero carbon goals and further support the transition to a low-carbon economy.
Microsoft and bp team up on energy solutions innovation
Microsoft Corp. announced Sept. 15 a new partnership with bp to develop digital solutions for energy systems that advance both companies' net zero carbon goals.
Microsoft invests in environmental justice
Microsoft announced this week an initiative in partnership with Sol Systems to develop 500 MW of solar energy with investments in minority communities disproportionately affected by climate change.
Microsoft releases new climate initiatives with partner companies
Microsoft announced July 21 new steps in their goal to be carbon negative by 2030, including their newest climate initiative, Transform to Net Zero, in which members not only commit to getting their own companies to net-zero but pursuing technology that allows all businesses to achieve net-zero.
Facebook, Google, AT&T claim top spots among 2019 corporate energy buyers
Facebook, Google and AT&T topped the list of the 2019 Top 10 Large Energy Buyers in a report that reveals a total of 9.33 GW renewable energy procurement in the U.S.
U.S. companies had record year for clean energy contracts, BNEF finds
Corporations in the United States purchased a total of 19.5 GW of clean energy contracts in 2019, up more than 40% than last year's record and setting a new record, 80% of which were under the VPPA model.
