Google collaborates with Energix to boost clean energy in Ohio and Virginia

Google has announced a new partnership with Energix Renewables to advance its goal of running entirely on 24/7 carbon-free energy and meet increasing demand for Google products and services. 

They have partnered with Energix Renewables to support a 1.5-gigawatt (GW) portfolio of new solar projects in the Pennsylvania-New Jersey-Maryland (PJM) grid for the next three years.  

The collaboration aims to decarbonize the electricity used in Google's data centers in Ohio and Virginia.  

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Amanda Peterson Corio, the Global Head of Data Center Energy, said, “Bringing new CFE online in the region has been challenging as the supply of new transmission and clean energy resources has not kept up with the region’s accelerated economic growth.  

She added, “A high volume of new clean energy projects and associated transmission system upgrades have created a backlog, delaying the generation of new sources of CFE.” 

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This investment is projected to streamline the path to construction and accelerate the development of a 150-megawatt project by a year to 2024 

In addition, it expands upon Google’s previous collaboration to establish a 500 MW community-based solar energy portfolio to contribute additional power generation through the grid in projects located in Ohio.  

This collaboration was announced last year with EDPR NA Distributed Generation (EDPR NA DG).