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Record 31.1 GW of corporate clean energy PPAs checked in 2021 amidst rise in activity from tech firms
A record 31.1 GW of clean energy was gotten by corporations through power purchase agreements (PPAs) last year, with innovation business once more the largest buyers, according to research firm BloombergNEF (BNEF).
Feb 2, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, PPAs, BNEF, Microsoft, Amazon, Vattenfall, BloombergNEF, AES, corporate offtaker, NextEra Energy, decarbonisation, corporate ppas, Orsted, meta
Microsoft-Backed Fund Raises $200 Million for Climate Startups
Energy Impact Partners is investing in battery storage space, nuclear fusion as well as industrials
Jan 19, 2022 // Storage, Microsoft, Energy Impact Partners
McCarthy completes construction on 200-MW Arizona solar project set to power Microsoft data center
McCarthy Building Companies' Renewable Energy and Storage Group recently finished building and last appointing of the 200-MWdc Sun Streams 2 solar project in Maricopa County, Arizona.
Oct 11, 2021 // Plants, USA, Microsoft, North America, McCarthy, Scott Canada
Orsted indicators United States power play with Microsoft
430MW Old 300 in Fort Bend County in Texas schedules online in 2022
Aug 10, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, Microsoft, North America, Orsted, Adrian Anderson
Volt Energy signs 250-MW solar PPA with Microsoft
African-American solar designer Volt Energy LLC introduced on Wednesday that it will supply electrical power to software program giant Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ: MSFT) from over 250 MW of utility-scale solar power creating capacity.
Jul 15, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, PPA, Microsoft, volt energy, Noelle Walsh
Microsoft sprinkles $1.1 m on SSE Airtricity internet-connected rooftop solar bargain
Microsoft and SSE Airtricity are collaborating to install and take care of internet-connected rooftop solar in Ireland.
Sep 29, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Rooftop PV, Microsoft, Ireland, Europe, SSE Airtricity
Microsoft trials hydrogen-powered data facilities
The software program titan has actually started examining hydrogen fuel cells as a back-up source of power at one of its U.S. information centers. A 250 kW pilot system efficiently powered part of the center for 48 hrs as well as the business is currently eyeing 3 MW systems to change back-up diesel generators.
Jul 29, 2020 // Storage, Solar to Fuel, USA, Microsoft, hydrogen, North America, fuel cells, Mark Monroe
Microsoft reveals company's single largest green energy PPA
Microsoft has actually introduced its solitary biggest renewable resource profile investment with a new deal with United States power company Sol Systems.
Jul 22, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, USA, PPA, Microsoft, North America, corporate ppa, sol systems, corporate commitments, corporate social responsibility, Yuri Horwitz
Microsoft May Have a Plan to Use Solar Panels to Charge the Next Surface Pro Through Its Type Cover Accessory
Type Cover for the Surface Pro Will Also Be Able to Charge Machine Using an Artificial Light Source
Jan 15, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Solar Panels, Microsoft
Google taps Hecate’s Texas PV project to feed global clean energy drive
Google has signed a deal for 250MW of solar energy from installations planned in Texas by Chicago-based developer Hecate Energy.
Oct 2, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, Power Purchase Agreements, Texas, Engie, Microsoft, North America, Google, corporate ppa, honda, hecate energy
Microsoft to buy 230MW from Engie’s clean energy duo in Texas
Microsoft has purchased 85MW of solar energy from Engie as part of a broader agreement covering 230MW of clean energy generated by the developer's Texas operations.
Sep 25, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, Engie, First Solar, Microsoft, North America, corporate ppa
Microsoft is on a solar shopping spree
The tech giant has signed a power contract for the output of First Solar’s 150 MWac Sun Streams 2 solar plant, bringing its procurement of solar to almost 500 MW – but none of its PV projects have been completed yet.
Aug 1, 2019 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, Solar, USA, Microsoft, Sun Streams2, Virginia, Apple, North America