Google Will Be Powered Completely by Clean Energy Next Year
- Alphabet Inc. unit is biggest corporate buyer of clean energy
- Has deals for power from 20 wind and solar farms worldwide
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Google, the world’s biggest corporate buyer of clean energy, expects to reach a major milestone next year: running the company entirely with wind and solar power.
The Alphabet Inc. unit has been pursuing the goal since at least 2012, “but I didn’t think it would happen so fast,” Gary Demasi, Google’s director of global infrastructure and energy, said in an interview. “We’ve seen prices come down precipitously, which has helped us ramp up.”