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Microsoft has expanded its renewable energy footprint in Japan, signing three new solar power purchase agreements (PPAs) with Shizen Energy that bring its total commitment with the developer to 100...
Stockholm — A New Model for Green Steel Demand Microsoft has signed two agreements with Swedish green steelmaker Stegra, marking one of the most significant corporate commitments yet to near-zero...
Microsoft Backs Cement Decarbonization Microsoft has taken another step to decarbonize its global operations, announcing an investment through its Climate Innovation Fund in Fortera, a U.S.-based developer of low-carbon cement....
Microsoft has signed a $6.2 billion agreement with AI hyperscaler Nscale and Norwegian industrial investment company Aker to secure AI computing capacity entirely powered by renewable energy. The deal, spanning...
Rolls-Royce’s Power Systems division, in partnership with Microsoft, has released a position paper making the case for Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) as a low-carbon backup fuel for Singapore’s fast-growing data...
A New Energy Alliance Microsoft has formally joined the World Nuclear Association (WNA), becoming the most prominent technology company to align itself with the global nuclear industry. The move highlights...
Helion, a Washington-based fusion energy company, has started development on the site of its first fusion power plant, Orion, a move that positions it at the forefront of commercial fusion...
Microsoft and J.P. Morgan are powering a breakthrough in climate finance. Nature-based carbon removal startup Chestnut Carbon has secured a $210 million non-recourse project finance credit facility — the first...
Vaulted Deep has signed a landmark agreement with Microsoft to deliver up to 4.9 million tonnes of durable carbon dioxide removal by 2038, representing the second-largest carbon removal deal on...
Microsoft and Carbon Direct have released the fifth edition of the Criteria for High-Quality Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR), introducing robust standards for evaluating and scaling CDR technologies across nine pathways,...
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), through its Energy Transition Fund (CI ETF I), and Danish waste management utility Vestforbrænding have entered into a long-term carbon removal offtake agreement with Microsoft via...
Microsoft and Novata have joined forces to deliver scalable, AI-powered sustainability solutions to small and mid-sized enterprises (SMEs) worldwide. Novata will integrate Microsoft Azure AI Foundry—including Azure AI Search—and Microsoft...
Hafslund Celsio has signed a landmark agreement to supply Microsoft with 1.1 million tonnes of permanent carbon removals over a 10-year period. The contract is a major boost for Hafslund...
Agoro Carbon has signed a landmark 12-year offtake agreement with Microsoft to deliver 2.6 million carbon removal credits, marking one of the largest and most enduring soil-based carbon deals in...
Microsoft has entered a 10-year agreement with Anew Climate and Aurora Sustainable Lands to purchase 4.8 million nature-based carbon removal credits—a deal that establishes one of the largest long-term working...
As leading corporates move beyond operational decarbonization, they are turning to the voluntary carbon market (VCM) not only to offset hard-to-abate emissions but also to hedge against regulatory risks, direct...
Microsoft has acquired 60,000 soil carbon credits from Indigo Ag, its largest such purchase to date. This follows a previous buy of 40,000 credits, signaling continued momentum in Microsoft’s push...
Microsoft has entered into a landmark agreement to purchase up to 622,500 metric tons of low-carbon cement from Sublime Systems over the next six to nine years, marking a pivotal...
Microsoft and Carbon Direct have introduced a new framework to elevate the credibility of environmental attribute certificates (EACs) used to decarbonize the concrete and steel industries—two of the most emissions-intensive...
Microsoft has signed a landmark 10-year agreement with Bolivia-based Exomad Green to remove nearly 1.24 million tonnes of CO₂ via biochar—a move that marks the largest biochar carbon removal deal...
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