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Add as preferred source on GoogleTotalEnergies and Google have signed a 15-year deal to supply 1.5 TWh of renewable energy from Ohio's Montpelier solar farm, aiding Google's data centers.
(Reuters) -Oil major TotalEnergies has agreed a 15-year power purchase deal to supply Alphabet's Google with 1.5 terawatt hours of renewable electricity from its Montpelier solar farm in Ohio, the French company said on Wednesday.
The solar facility, which is nearing completion, is connected to the PJM grid, the largest in the United States, and will help power Google’s data centre operations in the state, it said.
"This agreement illustrates TotalEnergies’s ability to meet the growing energy demands of major tech companies by leveraging its integrated portfolio of renewable and flexible assets," said Stéphane Michel, President of Gas, Renewables and Power at TotalEnergies.
The company's growing investment in electricity is helping the company secure a steadier revenue stream and avoid the boom-and-bust cycles typical of oil and gas, CEO Patrick Pouyanne said earlier this month at the ADIPEC conference in Abu Dhabi.
The Paris-listed firm is deploying a 10 gigawatt portfolio in the United States, with onshore solar, wind and battery storage projects.
(Reporting by Alban Kacher, Editing by Louise Heavens)
Renewable energy is energy derived from natural sources that are replenished at a faster rate than they are consumed, such as solar, wind, and hydropower.
A solar farm is a large-scale installation of solar panels designed to generate electricity from sunlight, which can then be sold to the power grid or used for local consumption.
The PJM grid is a regional transmission organization that coordinates the movement of wholesale electricity in parts of the United States, ensuring reliability and efficiency in the power supply.
Energy demand refers to the total amount of energy that consumers are willing and able to purchase at a given price over a specific period.
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