Google: 100% based on renewable energy in operation-IT will next year information
On December 7, according to technology site VentureBeat reported, Google said that by 2017 it will depend entirely on renewables operations-including its data centers and offices.
The Internet giant over the years has been purchasing renewable energy, there are several clean energy projects, including in Kenya of a wind farm in California, Texas and several wind farms. Last December, the company was one of the largest renewable energy purchases, designed to drive data centers distributed in three countries.
Google has claimed that before full use of clean energy for the operation of the scheme, but did not give a specific timetable when they might be achieved.
"In order to achieve this goal, we will annually buy enough wind and solar energy to meet the energy needs of our global operations. "Google's Senior Vice President of technology infrastructure wuersi·huoerze (Urs H?lzle) blog post explains," we are focused on creating new energy from renewable sources, so we will only purchase from the projects funded by us. ”
In addition to Google and other large Internet companies have joined the ranks of chasing the green energy. A few months ago, Amazon has announced that its by far one of the largest renewable energy project: located at 253-megawatt wind farm in Texas. The company also announced plans for the establishment of 5 new solar plant in Virginia. Amazon intends to keep pace with rivals in this respect, the goal is to implement AWS cloud services to operate entirely on renewable energy.
Microsoft also recently announced its largest purchase of wind energy: acquisition of 237 MW wind farm located in data centers in Wyoming. Apple's investment in solar power, Facebook in Ireland built a wind-powered data center.
Google is one of the reasons for increased spending on green energy, solar energy and wind energy costs down. "The cost of wind and solar power by 60% and 80%, respectively, that renewable energies are becoming the lowest-cost energy options. "Holzer said," is our data center power costs one of the largest operating expense item, and long-term stability of the renewable energy costs will help our defense the fluctuations in energy prices. ”
谷歌：明年将实现100%依靠可再生能源运作 - IT资讯
12月7日消息，据科技网站VentureBeat报道，谷歌表示，到2017年它将完全依靠可再生能源来运作——其中包括它的数据中心和办公室。
该互联网巨头多年以来一直在采购可再生能源，目前有多个清洁能源项目，其中包括在肯尼亚的一个风电场以及在加州、德州等地的数个风电场。去年12月，该公司进行了最大规模的一次可再生能源采购，目的是驱动分布于三个国家的数据中心。
谷歌之前曾声称计划完全使用清洁能源来给它的运作供能，但没有给出何时可能会实现的具体时间表。
“为了达到这一目标，我们将每年直接购买足够多的风能和太阳能来满足我们的全球运作的电能需求。”谷歌技术基础设施高级副总裁乌尔斯·霍尔泽（Urs H?lzle）在博文中解释道，“我们正专注于从可再生来源创造新能源，因此我们只会从我们所资助的项目那里进行采购。”
除了谷歌以外，其它的大型互联网公司也已经加入了追逐绿色能源的行列。数个月前，亚马逊公布其迄今为止规模最大的一个可再生能源项目：位于德州的253兆瓦特风力发电厂。该公司后来还公布了在弗吉尼亚州设立5个新太阳能电厂的计划。亚马逊打算在这方面跟上竞争对手们的步伐，目标是实现AWS云服务完全依靠可再生能源来运作。
微软最近也公布了其迄今为止最大的一宗风能采购：收购237兆瓦特风电场来给它位于怀俄明州的数据中心供能。苹果也在进行太阳能电厂方面的投资，Facebook则在爱尔兰建造一个由风能驱动的数据中心。
谷歌增加绿色能源支出的原因之一是，太阳能和风能成本下降。“风能和太阳能的成本分别下降了60%和80%，说明可再生能源正渐渐成为最低成本的能源选项。”霍尔泽继续说道，“电力成本是我们的数据中心最大的运营支出项目之一，而长期稳定的可再生能源成本能够帮助我们防御能源价格的波动。”