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Google Shakes Up Corporate Renewable Energy Purchasing

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Transparency Is a Central Component of a 24-7 Carbon-Free Strategy

In many ways, it does seem like policy is kind of the central component of this 24-7 carbon-free strategy. Part of this is obviously adapting on the demand side. Google's done some really cool work using Internet of Things and other technologies to change data center activities so that they're using more energy-intensive processes at times when renewables are generating. The goal is to move everyone towards focusing on what the grid needs where to accelerate decarbonization.

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