Google has just signed a number of agreements on clean energy use in Europe, ambitiously using 100% non-carbon energy for offices and production facilities by 2030.
Google is actively working towards carbon neutrality and fighting climate change.
Google has signed agreements to purchase more than 700 MW of renewable power from European suppliers in the Netherlands, Italy, Poland and Belgium. According to the company’s forecast, thanks to the signed agreements, in the next few years, Google will be able to use non-carbon energy to meet about 85-90% of the consumption needs of data centers and offices. rooms in these countries.
In the Netherlands, Google is participating in a major offshore wind project. Thanks to the power purchase agreement signed with Crosswind & Ecowende (a joint venture between Shell and Eneco), Google will receive 478 MW of wind power from two new offshore farms HKN V and HKW VI. Together with previously signed renewable energy purchase agreements in the Netherlands, the new agreement will cover more than 90% of the energy needs of Google’s data centers and offices in the Netherlands by early 2024.
In Italy, the company signed its first long-term agreement with energy company ERG. Accordingly, Google will support the project and receive 47 MW of energy from an onshore wind farm. Google predicts that once in effect, the agreement will see the company’s offices in Italy, as well as cloud data centers in Milan and Turin, powered by more than 90% of their energy consumption by 2025. .
In Poland, Google signed two more agreements to purchase 106 MW of solar power with GoldenPeaks Capital. Along with the agreement with Polsat Plus Group in October 2023 to purchase 50 MW of energy from the Przybow wind farm, the new agreements will help Google meet its goal of using carbon-free energy for more than 90% of demand in Poland. in 2025.
In Belgium, Google signed two new agreements on the purchase and use of clean energy. The company will purchase power from a new onshore wind farm with a total capacity of 84 MW developed by Aspiravi and Luminus. Thanks to that, by 2024, 85% of the needs of Google’s offices and data centers here will be met with non-carbon energy.
A Google representative said these agreements are part of the company’s commitment to accelerate the decarbonization of energy production systems around the world. Google’s core goal is to use carbon-free energy to meet 100% of the demand for data centers and offices by 2030.
(Theo IKS)