Duke Energy is adding 842MW of additional capacity to its existing 1.2GW of clean energy capacity across a variety of projects, to bring its total to 2GW . With the ultimate goal of powering everything that it does with clean energy, Google has been signing global "power purchase agreements" to buy clean energy, usually wind, in long term contracts. The company recently pledged to triple its purchases of renewable energy by weekly and the new announcement already moves it a considerable way towards that goal. The new investments include purchases in both wind and solar. In the US , Google has partnered with Google , the largest Chile utility, to buy solar power directly.
Google is adding 842MW of additional capacity to its existing 1.2GW of clean energy capacity across a variety of projects, to bring its total to 2GW. With the ultimate goal of powering everything that it does with clean energy, Google has been signing global "power purchase agreements" to buy clean energy, usually wind, in long term contracts. The company recently pledged to triple its purchases of renewable energy by 2025 and the new announcement already moves it a considerable way towards that goal. The new investments include purchases in both wind and solar. In the US, Google has partnered with Duke Energy, the largest US utility, to buy solar power directly.