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The company says next-generation geothermal, aided by AI, “shows promise.” There’s a lot to like about geothermal energy generation, the process of harnessing Earth’s natural subsurface heat to generate electricity. It’s a renewable source that emits very little carbon, and unlike other renewable energy sources, it’s stable. Its generation capacity doesn’t fluctuate based on weather or time of day. But its applicability so far has been limited. There’s only about 14 Gigawatts of geothermal generation capacity around the world, compared to the total installed capacity of ...

Google, Microsoft, PwC, Vattenfall, Statkraft and Engie among more than 100 global companies participating in a new global initiative to enable 24/7 clean energy. The programme is spearheaded by EnergyTag, the independent industry-led initiative to accelerate the shift to 24/7 clean power. EnergyTag has unveiled six projects worldwide to demonstrate a “radical new” approach to track the source of electricity in near-real time to provide the price signals to the market to ensure clean power is available round-the-clock. Organisations including Google, Microsoft and the US Federal Governmen...

Google and Microsoft among businesses backing 24/7 clean energy tracking More than 100 global companies, including PwC, Microsoft and Google, are taking part in a new worldwide initiative aimed at verifying clean energy sourcing on an hourly basis. EnergyTag states that there is currently no recognised system to verify hourly clean energy consumption Firms such as Vattenfall and Engie are working on the new initiative, spearheaded by the independent non-profit EnergyTag. The companies are aiming to demonstrate the viability of verifying clean electricity supply on an hourly basis in order to ...

Google to Tap Geothermal Energy for Nevada Data Center Campus Racks of servers inside a Google data center. (Photo: Google) Google will soon begin using geothermal energy to power its data centers in Nevada with carbon-free energy, the company said today. Google becomes the first hyperscale cloud operator to tap the earth’s own heat to power its servers, an approach that can provide green energy around the clock, addressing one of the key challenges with wind and solar energy. Google will work with clean-energy startup Fervo Energy to develop a next-generation geothermal power project that ...

Google and AES announce $600m clean energy deal in Virginia 05 May 2021 | Antony Savvas AES has signed an agreement to supply 500MW of clean power to Google's Virginia-based data centres under a ten-year supply contract. AES says it will help ensure the energy powering Google's facilities is “90% carbon-free when measured on an hourly basis”. The supplier will become the sole provider of the data centres' carbon-free energy needs, sourcing energy from a portfolio of wind, solar, hydro and battery storage resources to be developed or contracted by AES. The agreement sees the power...