Google has announced it will invest over US$2 billion in a package of renewable energy projects - a deal which resembles the largest ever renewables acquisition in corporate history, according to the tech giant. The 1.6GW package comprises of 18 new wind and solar projects that...
Alphabet purchased enough renewable energy to cover the electricity needs of all its global operations and data centres last year, reaching its 100% clean energy target on schedule. At the end of 2016 Google’s parent company announced plans to operate entirely from wind and solar generated...
Google has signed four new contracts that will add 536MW of wind power to its energy portfolio, in a move that fulfils its promise to power its US operations entirely from clean energy sources. In December 2016, the tech giant announced that it its data centres...
Google expects to start receiving wind power from the 160MW Tellenes wind farm in Norway by early September. The technology giant signed a 12-year deal last year to buy 100% of the electrical output from the 50-turbine strong plant, which is currently undergoing the final phase...
A report compiled by a host of sustainable investors and environmental groups has found that 48% of the biggest companies in the US have established corporate clean energy targets. The report, which featured an input from the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), also found that 44% of...
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has revealed that its Space Applications Centre has developed an app which computes the solar energy potential of any given location in India. The application will be available across android devices and is being considered as a ‘very useful’ tool...
Tech giant Google has announced it aims to provide 100% of the company’s power usage through renewable sources. The internet company has been joined in this commitment to green energy by rivals Apple and Facebook, but intends to become the first company to reach this target...