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Google signs up to $2bn wind and solar investment

22nd September 2019

Google is going green, having signed the largest renewable energy deal in history, meaning that the company will be supplied with clean energy from wind and solar power.

Google agreed to a sweeping series of deals to buy wind and solar power, marking the largest-ever collective purchase of renewable energy by a single company. https://t.co/t2KkRyNosI
— Bloomberg Environment (@environment) September 22, 2019

Google will increase its worldwide portfolio of wind and solar agreements by more than 40 percent, to 5,500 MW—equivalent to the capacity of a million solar rooftops. 💪👏 https://t.co/h1DlEp2JyU
— Kaj Embren (@KajEmbren) September 19, 2019

Graham Watson

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