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Google inks major new offshore wind deal
New offshore wind farms will support Google’s data centers.
Along with Google’s previous power purchase agreements, the company says its Dutch data centers can hit 90 percent clean energy this year. Google also announced smaller deals to purchase renewable energy from onshore wind and solar farms in Italy, Poland, and Belgium. Tumbling prices for RECs mean they often don’t bring in enough money to incentivize the development of new renewable energy projects — which can defeat the purpose if you aren’t adding capacity to the grid.
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