As part of Google’s ambition to run on 24/7 carbon-free energy on every grid where it operates, the California-based firm has today announced signing an agreement with Ireland’s solar energy firm – Power Capital Renewable Energy for 58 megawatts (MW) of new-to-the-grid capacity from the Tullabeg Solar Farm. This agreement will enable the construction of […]
Google Maps getting expanded EV charging information – EQ Mag
Google claims it will make driving an electric vehicle (EV) easy with a number of new features for Google Maps. These new Google Maps features will only be available on Android Automotive-equipped EVs with Google built-in. At this stage, this includes EVs like the Polestar 2, Volvo C40 and XC40 Recharge, GMC Hummer EV, Renault […]
GM, Ford, Google partner to promote ‘virtual’ power plants – EQ Mag
A group of heavy hitters, including Ford, General Motors, Google Nest, OhmConnect, Olivine, SPAN, SunPower, Sunrun, SwitchDin, and Virtual Peaker, has formed a coalition that aims to scale up the market for virtual power plants in a bid to increase the resiliency of the grid and help decarbonize the electric sector. Virtual power plants, or […]
Google, Microsoft to use renewable energy sources in data centres – EQ Mag
Google and Microsoft have both announced new agreements to lower their IT operations’ carbon footprint by using renewable energy sources in their data centres. According to ‘The Register’, Google has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Engie, a French utility company, for 100 MW of energy generated by the Moray West offshore wind farm […]
Google ‘excited’ for potential of battery-based technologies at data centres – EQ Mag Pro
Fluence said post-publication of this story that the BESS used at the Saint-Ghislain data centre is 2.75MW/5.5MWh, based on the company’s Gridstack sixth generation modular energy storage product. “We are excited to partner with Google to deploy this reliable, zero-emission power system to help them replace conventional diesel generation, provide critical backup energy, and increase […]
Google Gets Round-the-Clock Renewable Energy at Virginia Data Centres With Help of Energy Storage
Google will procure energy from a US$600 million portfolio of renewables and energy storage assets specially-designed to enable the search engine company’s data centres in Virginia to run on 90% carbon-free electricity. Data centres represent about 1% of the entire world’s energy usage and while Google became carbon neutral as far back as 2007, the […]
Google Advances Green Goal With AES Deal for Carbon-Free Power
Google Advances Green Goal With AES Deal for Carbon-Free Power. Google’s moving forward with its goal of becoming carbon-free by the end of the decade after AES Corp. agreed to supply the tech giant with renewable energy to power its data centers in Virginia…Read More…
Electric-vehicle startups promise record-setting revenue growth
Companies with little revenue today project explosive growth in short time; some investors are skeptical It took Google eight years to reach $10 billion in sales, the fastest ever for a U.S. startup. In the current SPAC frenzy, a spate of electric-vehicle companies planning listings are vowing to beat its record—in some cases by several […]
Inside Google’s Bid to Get Granular on Renewable Energy Credits
In the decades since the voluntary renewable energy credit marketplace cropped up, a bevy of options for acquiring renewables has bloomed. Companies can choose from options including buying RECs, investing in onsite renewables and signing virtual power-purchase agreements. Now, a growing segment of corporate renewable buyers — many with goals of achieving 100 percent clean […]
Google Spinoff Malta Nabs $50M Series B for Thermal Long-Duration Storage
Malta converts electricity to thermal energy and back again, theoretically unlocking up to 200 hours’ worth of energy storage. Malta has raised a $50 million Series B round to bring its super-long-duration energy storage to market, the company said Wednesday. The startup spun out of Google parent company Alphabet’s moonshot factory, X, in 2018. Many […]