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EDP generates more than 41 terawatt hours of renewable energy annually. About a fifth of the supply contracts are for the supply of data centres, whose appetite for electricity is constantly growing.
Microsoft is missing its climate targets due to the boom in data centers and AI. The tech giant wants to counteract this by using more renewable energies, among other things – but it also includes nuclear power in this. The company is not communicating transparent figures on this.
European Energy has entered several PPAs with Microsoft which will use renewable energy from assets in Denmark and Sweden including hybrid wind and solar projects.
Corporations purchased 31.1 gigawatts of clean power through long-term contracts (PPAs), largely driven by activity in the U.S. and from large technology companies in 2021, according to BloombergNEF.
Power management company Eaton announced that it is working with Microsoft to identify ways for data centers to monetize existing assets and integrate more renewable energy sources to help create a more sustainable and stable grid.
Spanish BIPV specialist Onyx Solar is building a giant solar facade as part of the refurbishment of the Sterling Bank headquarters in Lagos, Nigeria. This is already the second lighthouse project in Africa that the company is implementing.
Onyx Solar announced to sign the largest project of building-integrated PV in Africa with Privida and Sterling Bank. This project aims to remodel the bank’s headquarters in Lagos, Nigeria with Onyx Solar’s photovoltaic glass.
Vattenfall and Microsoft in Sweden piloted the 24/7 Matching solution last year and are now intensifying the partnership as energy partners.
