• Google to be powered 100% by renewable energy from 2017
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[QUOTE] The internet giant is already the world’s biggest corporate buyer of renewable electricity, last year buying 44% of its power from wind and solar farms. Now it will be 100%, and an executive said it would not rule out investing in nuclear power in the future, too. “We are convinced this is good for business, this is not about greenwashing. [B]This is about locking in prices for us in the long term. Increasingly, renewable energy is the lowest cost option[/B],” said Marc Oman, EU energy lead at Google. “Our founders are convinced climate change is a real, immediate threat, so we have to do our part.” Oman said it had taken Google five years to reach the 100% target, set in 2012, because of the complexity involved with negotiating power purchase agreements. “It’s complicated, it’s not for everyone: smaller companies will struggle with the documents. We are buying power in a lot of different jurisdictions, so you can’t just copy and paste agreements.” [/QUOTE] [URL="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/dec/06/google-powered-100-renewable-energy-2017"]Guardian Source[/URL]
This is great. Lead by example, fellows. Hopefully more will begin to see renewables as the more lucrative option.
Glad to see something like this is happening. Eventually, the word of low renewable energy costs needs to be spread.
[QUOTE]Oman said that while the falling price of solar and wind meant they had been the cheapest technologies to get to 100% by 2017, Google was now looking to sign 10-year agreements for low-carbon power that was not intermittent, such as [U]hydro, biomass and nuclear[/U].[/QUOTE] I'm eager to see how this pans out for Google. I almost couldn't believe they pulled this silly shit with their solar panels: [t]https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/e44dc46be8d45fc086062d41b32477ffb14783ee/66_175_3343_2006/master/3343.jpg?w=620&q=55&auto=format&usm=12&fit=max&[/t]
Google is always at the forefront of innovation and inspiring others to get better for the sake of the industry. Hopefully this lead to other success stories for other tech companies in the future who want to move towards a greener future.
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