German developer Ib Vogt has started to build the 149MWp Garnacha solar power plant in the Spanish province of Zamora, and signed a 12-year power purchase agreement (PPA) for its output with US internet giant Google. The developer has started construction of the project near the city of Toro in northwestern Spain in September after receiving €90m in long-term project financing by Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale (NORD/LB) and Santander Corporate & Investment Banking (Santander CIB),… Source link
Read More »Google inks power deal for major solar plant ‘to operate Spanish cloud region carbon-free’
Web giant Google has signed a 12-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with German developer Ib Vogt for output from the 149MW Garnacha solar plant in the Spanish province of Zamora. The developer has started construction of the project near the city of Toro in northwestern Spain in September after receiving €90m ($93.4m) in long-term project financing by Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale and Santander Corporate & Investment Banking, and plans to start operations by October next year. … Source link
Read More »Google’s Oklahoma data center could run totally carbon-free by 2030
One of the biggest challenges to eliminating the use of carbon-based energy is the lack of market demand for cleaner sources, but Google hopes to fill that void with an ambitious goal at its massive data centers, including one in Oklahoma. Google recently announced it wants to reach 24/7 use of clean energy by 2030 at every one of its offices and data centers. Until now, the company has boosted its use of renewable energy consumption by matching its annual electricity use with purchases of… Source link
Read More »Arlington company to provide carbon-free power for Google data centers
Arlington-based AES Corp. has signed an agreement to supply electricity to power Google’s data centers in Virginia with carbon-free energy. Arlington, Virginia-based AES Corp. has signed an agreement to supply electricity to power Google’s data centers in Virginia with carbon-free energy. Financial terms of the 10-year supply contract weren’t disclosed, but AES said it will require about $600 million of investment and generate 1,200 jobs, both permanent and… Source link
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