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I appreciate them buying credits, but as nice as those windmills and solar panels are, when the sun doesn't shine, and the wind doesn't blow, what gets burned i
by tinco 6y ago
I appreciate them buying credits, but as nice as those windmills and solar panels are, when the sun doesn't shine, and the wind doesn't blow, what gets burned is coal. Anyway I suppose that's more a policy issue of The Netherlands, I think it's quite shameful we still have coal plants. Those credits hide the real cost of renewable energy.
- nl 6y agoI'm not sure - they say the data center is "the first Google datacenter to be powered by 100% renewable energy from day one." https://www.blog.google/around-the-globe/google-europe/dutch-datacenter-google-100-renewable-energy/ https://www.blog.google/around-the-globe/google-europe/dutch... And they seem pretty serious about removing non-renewables altogether. https://storage.googleapis.com/gweb-sustainability.appspot.com/pdf/achieving-100-renewable-energy-purchasing-goal.pdf https://storage.googleapis.com/gweb-sustainability.appspot.c...