Google signs deal to buy power from Orsted’s German offshore wind farm

COPENHAGEN, Nov 30 (Reuters) – Danish offshore wind developer Orsted (ORSTED.CO) on Tuesday said it has secured a 12-year power purchase agreement with Google (GOOGL.O), which aims to power all its data centres and offices using solely carbon-free electricity by 2030.

The U.S. tech giant will take 50 megawatt (MW) of output from Orsted’s planned 900 MW Borkum Riffgrund 3 wind farm in the German North Sea.

While making it possible for big firms to source green power, such deals also provide a…