Google Signs PPAs for Energy From Oklahoma Solar Projects

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2025 16:39:10 +0000

Google has entered into long-term power purchase agreements (PPAs) with Texas-based Leeward Renewable Energy (LRE) to support more than 700 MW of solar power projects in Oklahoma. Google on Jan. […]

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Renewable Energy Ban Too Late To Stop 700+ MW Solar Portfolio

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2025 18:15:02 +0000

The sun has yet to set on wind and solar development in Oklahoma, despite looming concerns over a statewide ban.

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Generational Shift—Data Centers Bring Change to Energy Landscape

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2025 19:12:22 +0000

Deals involving the data center sector are occurring regularly, as tech companies make moves to ensure they have a reliable supply of power for their energy-intensive operations. Several generation types, […]

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Factors Impacting the Transition to Carbon-Free Energy

Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2025 22:26:13 +0000

The production and consumption of carbon-free energy (CFE) has accelerated worldwide in recent years, driven by large private energy consumers who have been leading this transition. For example, Google has […]

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Need a Good Technician for a Home Energy Upgrade? Google & the DOE Have Your Back

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2024 01:19:32 +0000

We at CleanTechnica cannot endorse the recommendations of the US Department of Energy and Google. Consumer discretion and Googler discretion advised. In all seriousness, Google and the US Department of Energy, neither of which need any introduction, have partnered to help homeowners find good, qualified technicians for home energy upgrades. … [continued]

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Need a Good Technician for a Home Energy Upgrade? Google & the DOE Have Your Back

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2024 01:19:32 +0000

We at CleanTechnica cannot endorse the recommendations of the US Department of Energy and Google. Consumer discretion and Googler discretion advised. In all seriousness, Google and the US Department of Energy, neither of which need any introduction, have partnered to help homeowners find good, qualified technicians for home energy upgrades. … [continued]

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Another Big Data Center Win for Nuclear: Oklo and Switch Sign Historic 12 GW Deal

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 13:15:49 +0000

Advanced nuclear firm Oklo has partnered with Switch, a Las Vegas-based data center designer, builder, and operator, to deploy 12 GW of Aurora powerhouses through 2044 in a  historic deal […]

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INSERT ART. Oklo’s Aurora Powerhouse is a vertically oriented compact passive fast-spectrum reactor derived from the Experimental Breeder Reactor-II (EBR-II) that uses liquid metal as a coolant. The company recently uprated its design’s capacity offerings to 15 MWe and 100 MWe. The compact fast reactor uses a high-assay, low-enriched uranium (HALEU) metallic uranium-zirconium fuel enriched to about 19%. Courtesy: Oklo

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Google Invests in Partnership to Develop Energy Assets at Data Center Parks

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2024 23:52:09 +0000

Technology companies are looking at various ways to source electricity for energy-intensive data centers. Google on Dec. 10 unveiled a plan to join with several partners in supporting power generation, […]

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Tech Giant Meta Seeking Nuclear Power to Support Data Centers

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2024 21:42:45 +0000

Facebook parent Meta wants to find developers that can provide nuclear reactors to support electricity demand from the tech company’s data centers and artificial intelligence (AI) efforts. The group said […]

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Data Center Hysteria: How the Power Industry Is Accommodating the Boom

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2024 11:04:15 +0000

Everywhere you turn these days people are talking about data centers and the enormous amount of electrical power they are expected to demand as artificial intelligence (AI) platforms scale up and become more

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