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Google hits renewable energy goal in quest to pare pollution

Google instead believes it is now in a position to offset every megawatt hour of electricity supplied by a power plant running on fossil fuels with renewable energy that the company has purchased through a variety of contracts. About 95 per cent of

Google data centres to be 100% renewable-powered by 2017

In a blog, the company said it was now the largest corporate buyer of renewable energy in the world. Fossil fuels are still used by Google, but now it buys enough electricity from renewable sources to offset energy use at the data centres and offices

Belfast Telegraph

Google instead believes it is now in a position to offset every megawatt hour of electricity supplied by a power plant running on fossil fuels with renewable energy that the company has purchased through a variety of contracts. About 95% of Google's ...

Google Aims For 100% Green Energy, But There's A HUGE Caveat

Google has a plan to get 100 percent of its energy from renewable energy sources by 2017 in an effort to do their part to fight global warming. It's a big goal, but the media coverage around the tech giant's announcement obscures the fact that Google

Android Police

Currently Google has 20 renewable energy projects in its corporate portfolio, most of which are relatively standard electricity purchase agreements from wind and solar farms. Electricity grids aren't integrated enough to create truly closed renewable

The Spokesman-Review

Overall, the company now has, under contract, 2.6 gigawatts (or billion watts) of renewable energy generating capacity, predominantly wind energy but with a growing concentration of solar, around the world. That includes contracts to buy wind energy ...

Google hits renewable energy goal

Google instead believes it is now in a position to offset every megawatt-hour of electricity supplied by a power plant running on fossil fuels with renewable energy that the Mountain View, California, company has purchased through a variety of contracts.

PC Magazine

In a bid to reduce its carbon footprint and address climate change, Google announced Tuesday that it plans to buy enough solar and wind electricity by 2017 to power the entire company with renewable energy. Doing so would be a significant achievement

The Sydney Morning Herald

Australia has unmatched renewable energy resources but will meet its climate targets only by intervening to accelerate the retirement of coal-fired power plants, according to Michael Liebreich, founder of global advisory service, Bloomberg New Energy ...

Ohio House makes renewable energy mandates optional

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio House has approved a bill making compliance with the state's renewable energy mandates optional for the next three years. The Republican-led House voted for the bill 51-36 Tuesday. It's scheduled for a Senate ...

Voice of America

Search giant Google says it will use 100 percent renewable energy by 2017, according to a post on the company's blog. Google Senior Vice President of Technical Infrastructure Urs Hölzle said renewable energy will power Google's data centers and offices ...