Google procures over 1.5GW of cleanenergy in 12 months

Google has signed more than 1.5GW worth of Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) in the last 12 months. The company bought this amoung of clean energy through a new PPA procurement process developed in partnership with LevelTen Energy, which has now been released via the energy broker.

“LEAP is helping advance our 2030 company-wide goal to run all our data centers on carbon-free energy, every hour of every day,” said Amanda Peterson Corio, global head of data center energy at Google. “We shared a vision with LevelTen to develop a smarter, more efficient way of doing business in the clean energy industry, and the result has been just that. The approach has already proven a success in both domestic and international markets, and we look forward to expanding the scope soon.”

As part of the announcement, Google announced a 100MW solar PPA with Cubico Sustainable Investments; the output will contribute towards Google’s data center campus in Council Bluffs, Iowa.

“Leaning on our risk-balanced PPA template, developed with feedback from LevelTen and the market, we quickly agreed on common contract provisions with Cubico. LevelTen’s click-through UI helped us finalize project-specific terms, and we landed a final agreement within weeks, instead of months,” Google said.