Google Geothermal Electricity Project Could Be a Milestone for Clean Energy
It has begun pumping carbon-free electricity onto the Nevada grid to power Google data centers.
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It has begun pumping carbon-free electricity onto the Nevada grid to power Google data centers.
An advanced geothermal project has begun pumping carbon-free electricity onto the Nevada grid to power Google data centers there, Google announced Tuesday. Getting electrons onto the grid for the first time is a milestone many new energy companies never reach, said Tim Latimer, CEO and co-founder of Google's geothermal partner in the project, Houston-based Fervo Energy. “I think it will be big and it will continue to vault geothermal into a lot more prominence than it has been,” Latimer said in an interview.
A new approach to geothermal energy makes it possible to tap the energy of hot rocks just about anywhere. A pilot plant in Nevada is now helping to power Google data centers.
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Google and startup Fervo partnered on a geothermal project that will use new technologies to get clean energy to the power grid that serves Google data centers in Nevada.