Microsoft Facebook and other cloud giants join the renewable energy club REBA
A few days ago, some of the world's top cloud computing giants established the REBA Alliance, which aims to increase 60GW of wind and solar power generation capacity in the US power grid.
Microsoft Facebook、 60 American companies, including Google/Alphabet and Amazon, have joined a renewable energy alliance, which aims to support the addition of 60GW of renewable energy power generation capacity to the U.S. grid from now to 2025.
The Renewable Energy Buyers Alliance (REBA) aims to help manufacturers and energy suppliers who purchase renewable energy to conclude transactions and provide funds for renewable capacity. This is a non-profit environmental protection organization composed of 60 large companies in the United States, including Alphabet, the parent company of Google, Amazon, Facebook, and Microsoft. REBA's goal is to increase the use of renewable energy announced by the data center, and move towards 100% renewable energy Internet.
Joint efforts
Two thirds of the 100 top companies in the United States have sustainable development goals, but only 12 of them have signed purchase agreements for wind and solar power. The REBA Alliance said that part of its problem was due to a "fractured and difficult" market, because it was difficult for renewable energy to flow freely due to legislation in different states of the United States. The purpose of the alliance is to lobby policy makers to obtain more customers to use renewable energy, which is conducive to the gathering of enterprise procurement, and to assist the renewable energy sector to establish an ecosystem and scale to meet demand.
Among the four founding institutions, BSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) plans to move towards 100% renewable energy powered Internet in the future. Other founders include the Rocky Mountain Institute, whose business is to simplify the purchase of electricity from renewable energy centers; The World Resources Institute clarifies its principles and requirements for renewable energy buyers; The World Wildlife Fund is the fourth founder.
"We are very proud to be part of the REBA alliance and accelerate the transition to renewable energy," said Brian? Janos said, "We promise that we will not only increase the purchase of green power, but also cooperate with new partners to make the US power grid obtain more renewable energy."
"We need to develop new renewable energy, and we need to make it easier for all kinds of enterprises to use renewable energy." Bill? Weir said, "We know from the experience of the open computing project plan that openness and collaboration help everyone develop faster. We are happy to cooperate with other founding members of the REBA Alliance to help build a green grid. Our cooperation will have a greater impact."
Michael? CEO of Invenergy, a renewable energy supplier? Poski said that the adoption of renewable energy can open an open door. Wind and solar power are now "very competitive," he said.
However, its capital and expansion is a recent problem, and the renewable energy developer SunEdison went bankrupt earlier this year.
