Google Wind Farms Coming to Norway and Sweden
It is no secret that Google have been heavily investing in the renewable energy sector for quite some time now. This has become apparent with their purchasing of various wind farms across the globe, including their recent investment in Kenya’s largest ever wind farm.
It is no secret that Google have been heavily investing in the renewable energy sector for quite some time now. This has become apparent with their purchasing of various wind farms across the globe, including their recent investment in Kenya’s largest ever wind farm. Now, it seems that Google are not making healthy contributions to projects in both Norway and Sweden, and they haven’t even yet been built.
Two wind farms that are currently under construction have been captured by Google who have bought the farms’ entire output in its push to becoming 100% renewable energy focused. Norway’s 50 turbine wind farm will be located near Stavanger and is due to be completed by late 2017. This extensive wind farm will be the largest of its kind in the country. The second wind farm to dedicate its generated power to Google will be located in central Sweden, near Mariestad and is due to be operational in 2018.
At a combined rate of energy, these two wind farms are set to bring 236 megawatts of power and the output of these particular sites are going to be used to power Google’s data centers in Europe. With the addition of these two recent purchases, Google are well on target to achieving their vision of being 100 percent renewable power and have already purchased over 2.2 gigawatts of renewable energy. Their investment level has also nearly reached $2.5 billion in its commitment to green energy projects. That puts Google pretty high on the list of people looking out for us and our planet, and at the same time it also makes them one of the largest corporate investors in renewable energy in the world, which is definitely a title they can be pleased with.
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Owen Castellanos
Owen Castellanos is the Hardware & Gaming Reporter at TrendinTech, where he tests graphics cards, processors, consoles and peripherals and follows the games industry, from the major publishers to independent studios. He previously wrote reviews and benchmarks for Tom's Hardware and contributed features to PC Gamer, covering everything from laptop testing to the economics of game development. Owen holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin and attends CES in Las Vegas, Computex in Taipei and the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco each year to meet chipmakers and developers. He writes for readers who want to know whether a product is worth the money, and he is not shy about saying when it is not.
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