Driving Carbon Removal at Scale Google is ramping up its commitment to carbon removal, contracting over $100 million in credits—three times its 2023 pledge. Through independent purchases and the Frontier...
Santiago ranks 126th in global traffic congestion, with commuters spending over 23 minutes at traffic lights on a typical 10-kilometer trip, according to the TomTom Traffic Index 2024. This stop-and-go...
Google dives into India’s carbon removal sector Google has partnered with Indian supplier Varaha to buy 100,000 tons of carbon credits through 2030. The credits come from biochar, a charcoal-like...
Tackling Growing Energy Demand in 2024 As global electricity demand continues to surge, driven by AI, electrification, and digitalization, building smarter energy systems presents both challenges and opportunities. In 2024,...
Google has signed a 15-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) to secure 250MW of wind power from the Zeevonk project, a groundbreaking renewable energy initiative in...
The News: Google, Stripe, and other Frontier coalition members are investing $80 million in carbon credits to fund two firms deploying innovative carbon capture technologies at paper mills and sewage...
Google DeepMind’s latest AI weather forecasting model, GenCast, is revolutionizing how weather predictions are made. By outperforming the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts’ (ECMWF) ENS system, GenCast delivers faster,...
Google has signed a landmark long-term agreement with carbon removal startup Terradot, combining equity investment with a commitment to purchase 200,000 tons of carbon removal credits by the early 2030s....
Google, Intersect Power, and TPG Rise Climate have announced a groundbreaking partnership to align clean energy generation with data center development. The collaboration introduces a “power-first” approach, co-locating carbon-free energy...
Google has announced the opening of 1265 Borregas, its first office building constructed using mass timber, in Sunnyvale, California. The building reflects Google’s commitment to sustainability, employee wellbeing, and community...
Key Impact Points: Addressing Urban Heat Islands By 2050, two out of three people will live in or around cities, making it crucial to tackle climate challenges in urban areas....
Amazon is accelerating its transition to carbon-free energy by investing in innovative nuclear power projects. The company has signed three new agreements to support the development of Small Modular Reactors...
To accelerate the clean energy transition across the U.S., Google has signed the world’s first corporate agreement to purchase nuclear energy from multiple small modular reactors (SMRs) to be developed...
Key Impact Points: Google advances 24/7 clean energy goal energyRe announced that Google has signed a 12-year power purchase agreement (PPA) for renewable energy from a 435-megawatt (MWdc) solar project....
Adani Group and Google have unveiled a strategic collaboration to boost clean energy consumption and drive sustainability in India. The partnership will see Adani harnessing power from a new solar-wind...
How Billie Eilish is Helping Fans Travel Sustainably Billie Eilish, in collaboration with Google Maps, is encouraging her fans to make more environmentally conscious choices while attending her upcoming HIT...
Travalyst has made flight emissions data more accessible than ever, scaling its information to appear in over 65 billion flight searches globally. This effort, led by the non-profit founded by...
Google has announced a groundbreaking partnership with Holocene to purchase carbon removal credits at the lowest price recorded for direct air capture (DAC) technology: $100 per ton. This marks a...
Addressing the Heat Crisis Google Research is harnessing the power of AI to tackle one of the most pressing environmental challenges: extreme urban heat. The new Heat Resilience tool, developed...