Google is buying gas. The hyperscale tech company — which invented the power purchase agreement as a way to support renewables development in the 2010s and has been a leader in setting standards for and procuring renewable power — announced on Thursday that it is agreeing to buy the majority of the power generated by a planned natural gas-fired plant in Decatur, Illinois. Here’s the twist: The plant will also capture and store its carbon emissions, a first of its kind installation at co...| Heatmap News
SNCF Energie, Octopus Energy’s generation arm and BayWa r.e. have signed two CPPAs with the French national railway company SNCF Voyageurs. The post Solar farms to power greener train journeys in France appeared first on Power Engineering International.| News - Power Engineering International
RWE will supply Co-op with 33GWh of electricity annually, enough to power the approximately 140 Co-op food stores a year. The post British Co-op Group inks wind PPA to green operations appeared first on Power Engineering International.| World Regions - Power Engineering International
The latest report from LevelTen shows rapid progress on decarbonisation and renewable energy generation in Poland, with coal now accounting for 57% of electricity generation, down 11% in one year.| Power Engineering International
Stegra and Uniper have signed a six-year PPA for the supply of 6TWh of electricity to Stegra’s Boden green steel plant in Northern Sweden.| Power Engineering International
Equinix has signed a 10 year virtual power purchase agreement (PPA) with renewable energy producer Neoen for 53MW of solar power.| Power Engineering International
Iberdrola and Portuguese ceramics company Gres Panaria Portugal have signed a 10 year solar power purchase agreement (PPA).| Power Engineering International
A solar park developed for the VELUX Group is now fully operational and connected to the local electricity grid in Spain.| Power Engineering International
The agreement includes more than 10.5GW of wind, solar, and "new or impactful carbon-free energy generation technologies."| Power Engineering International
