Google Now Sources 100% of Its Energy From Renewables

Google reached its goal of running completely on clean energy in 2017 almost a year after it was announced in 2016.

Recent purchases of additional 535 megawatts of capacity from two 98-megawatt wind plants in South Dakota, a 200-megawatt wind farm in Iowa, and a 138-megawatt plant in Oklahoma are allowing Google to use 100 percent renewable energy.

Google’s energy infrastructure investments have totalled over $3.5 billion globally, with about two-thirds being in the US. Google is also ...