Renewable energy for Google's operations
Since 2010, we've signed 20 agreements to purchase more than 2.6 GW of renewable energy around the globe. And we plan to keep adding more.
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Renewable energy We will achieve 100% renewable energy for our operations in 2017.
Of renewable energy Google is the world’s largest corporate purchaser of renewable energy. We’ve signed 20 agreements totaling 2.6 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy—generating emissions savings equivalent to taking more than 1.2 million cars off the road.
In capital invested from our purchasing To date, our purchasing commitments will result in infrastructure investments of more than $3.5 billion globally, about two-thirds of that in the United States.
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September, 2017
10 Years of Carbon Neutrality
In 2007 Google made a commitment to be a carbon neutral company and we’ve met this goal for 10 consecutive years. In this white paper we’re sharing some of the achievements and lessons learned during the last decade, as well as our next steps.
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September, 2017
Cities in the Circular Economy: The Role of Digital Technology
We've partnered with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation to explore the crucial role of technology in enabling key aspects of the transition towards the circular economy in cities. We're excited to share the white paper we jointly released today at VERGE.
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December, 2016
Achieving Our 100% Renewable Energy Purchasing Goal and Going Beyond
We're excited to share our story of achieving our 100% renewable energy purchasing goal, the lessons we learned along the way, and our plans for going beyond 100%
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September, 2016
Circular economy at work in Google data centers Case Study
This case study reviews the practices we have implemented through maintenance, refurbishment/remanufacturing, redistribution/secondary market sales, and recycling.
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September, 2016
Google Bay Area Waste Case Study
This case study summarizes the approaches Google has taken to reach a landfill diversion rate of 86% in 2015 and explores current strategies being employed to drive continued improvement.
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May, 2014
Machine Learning Applications for Data Center Optimization
The results demonstrate that machine learning is an effective way of leveraging existing sensor data to model DC performance and improve energy efficiency.
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September, 2013
Google's Green PPAs: What, How, and Why
Google has pledged to reduce its carbon footprint to zero through the purchase and use of carbon-free renewable electricity to power our data centers.
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June, 2013
The energy efficiency potential of cloud-based software: A U.S. case study
We used the CLEER Model to analyze the technical potential for energy savings associated with shifting U.S. business software to the cloud, which illustrates the energy and emissions savings that could be realized under a maximum possible adoption scenario.
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April, 2013
Expanding Renewable Energy Options for Companies Through Utility-Offered Renewable Energy Tariffs
This white paper outlines a new, more scalable approach that will allow a broad range of companies like Google to buy large amounts of renewable power directly from electric utilities.
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2011
Google’s Green Data Centers: Network POP Case Study
This case study is intended to show you how you can apply some of the cost-saving measures we employ at Google to your own data centers and networking rooms.
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2011
Google's Green Computing, Efficiency at Scale
This case study compares the energy savings and carbon footprint of using Gmail via Google Apps—Google’s cloud-based messaging and collaboration suite, versus housing local servers to manage the same email.
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2011
Google's Carbon Offsets: Collaboration and Due Diligence
This paper describes the process we use to select carbon offset projects and apply carbon credits to our carbon footprint.
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Dec, 2007
The Case for Energy-Proportional Computing
Energy-proportional designs would enable large energy savings in servers, potentially doubling their efficiency in real-life use.
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October 2017
Environmental Report: 2017 progress update
This update to our 2016 Environmental Report covers our 2016 fiscal year (January 1 to December 31, 2016) as well as some of our progress in 2017.
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October 2017
Alphabet’s 2017 CDP Climate Change response
CDP climate change report for Alphabet, covering financial year 2016.
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October 2017
Restricted Substances Specification
The Google Restricted Substances Specification describes our commitment to the elimination of hazardous chemicals in all Google products, accessories, manufacturing processes, and retail packaging.
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August 2017
Responsible Supply Chain Report: 2016
This report reflects the progress of our Responsible Supply Chain Program through December 2016.
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December 2016
Environmental Report: 2016
The inaugural Google Environmental Report covers our 2015 fiscal year (January 1 to December 31, 2015) as well as data and stories from prior years and some of our year-to-date progress as of November 1, 2016.
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October 2016
Alphabet’s 2016 CDP Climate Change response
CDP climate change report for Alphabet, covering financial year 2015.
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