Google backs six new renewables projects in global clean energy push
Google has become the latest global company to use the Paris Climate Summit as a backdrop for a major new clean tech announcement…The company…announced it had inked deals with six planned projects, totaling 842MW of capacity. The projects include four deals in the US, which will see Google purchase power from two 200MW wind projects from RES Americas and EDF Renewable Energy, as well as a 225MW wind farm operated by Invenergy and a 61MW Duke Energy solar project. In addition, a deal has been signed with an 80MW Acciona Energia solar project in Chile and a 76MW Eolus Vind wind farm in Sweden. Writing in a blog post announcing the move, Urs Hölzle, senior vice president technical infrastructure at the company, said…"For our part, these contracts not only help minimize the environmental impact of our services-they also make good business sense by ensuring good prices."…