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For Google to say that it will run entirely on renewable energy is not accurate. Thank goodness only the headline of the article says that, but the article expl
by barney54 10y ago
For Google to say that it will run entirely on renewable energy is not accurate. Thank goodness only the headline of the article says that, but the article explains that Google gets electricity from the grid--which is not 100% renewable.
- thinkcontext 10y agoPerhaps a more accurate formulation would be "all of the money Google spends on electricity will go to renewable production".
- awj 10y agoElectricity is fungible. Google is expecting to contribute back as much renewable energy as they are consuming from grid sources. I would expect their usage to be higher if they were trying to store renewable power to maintain a base load, but that doesn't seem like enough to outright dispute the article/claim like this.
- akiselev 10y agoIt may not be "accurate" in a naive technical sense but it's not disingenuous. KWh are fungible and electrons don't care who uses their voltage potential for work as long as it goes somewhere. Every KWh that Google produces with solar is a KWh the fossil fuel power plants don't produce CO2 for, which is the entire point: a net zero impact on CO2 emissions for one of the largest pieces of computer infrastructure in the world.