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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

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To: Brumar89 who wrote (932318)4/27/2016 6:16:11 PM
From: Wharf Rat  Read Replies (1) of 1577402
 
"Wasn't it google that set its best people on the renewable energy effort and reached the conclusion it just wasn't competitive? "
Nope. It just seemed that way to the deniers.

"In 2007, when Google unveiled its initiative to make renewable energy competitive with coal," nobody knew that all the coal companies would be bankrupt by 2016.

Google's Latest Renewable Energy Investment Is Its Biggest Ever
  • December 3, 2015, 8:53 AM EDT

  • It wants 100% clean energy by 2025.

    Another tech giant is opening its checkbook for renewable energy projects.

    Google on Thursday announced what it says is the largest-ever renewable energy purchase by a non-utility as the search giant looks to increase the amount of green energy powering its facilities. The company GOOG 0.37% said its latest investments add 842 megawatts of renewable energy capacity that can help power its expansive data centers around the world. The projects include a Swedish wind farm and a solar plant in Chile.
    fortune.com
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