Engie has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Google UK covering 100MW of the capacity from the 882MW Moray West offshore wind farm off Scotland.
The latest PPA, first revealed in the 25 August edition of subscriber-only reNEWS, will make the UK one of six Google Cloud regions, including Finland, Iowa, Montreal, Spain and Toronto, operating at or near 90% carbon free energy CFE, on an hourly basis, when the PPA goes live in 2025.
Matt Brittin, President of Google EMEA, said: “People across the UK and Europe are increasingly worried about climate change and energy security.
“This new investment in UK renewable energy brings us one step closer to reaching our goal of operating entirely on carbon-free energy by 2030, and means that, in the UK, we’ll be running on at or near 90% carbon-free energy in 2025.”
Paulo Almirante, Engie Senior EVP in charge of Renewables, Energy Management and Nuclear Activities, said: “We are very pleased to support Google in its progress towards its carbon-free target.
“This contract demonstrates the strength of the Group’s renewable portfolio, with 37GW of renewable assets, a major advantage for our customers in their decarbonisation strategy.”