Google has signed two new PPAs in Belgium and the Netherlands to help the company reach its goal to run 24/7 on carbon-free energy by 2030.
In Belgium, Google will acquire 23.8MW of renewable energy from Luminus, provided by four dedicated, new-to-the-grid onshore wind projects.
Google projections indicate that this PPA will help it keep its Belgium data centres and offices at or near 80% carbon-free energy in 2024, when measured on an hourly local basis, as demand for its services continues to grow.
In the Netherlands, Google’s agreement with Eneco will enable us to purchase 153MW of clean energy from near-shore, new-to-the-grid wind farms.
This will help advance the carbon-free energy percentage of Google’s data centre and office operations in the country by 20% in 2024, on an hourly local basis, the company added.