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AWS is already powered over 50% by renewable energy.
by schwank 7y ago
AWS is already powered over 50% by renewable energy.
- alex_duf 7y agoThat's 50% short of what I'd expect a tech company to achieve
- hokkos 7y agoWho cares ? I just want 100% low CO2 energy. If they just buy the same quantity of renewable energy credit that they used, it is misleading because it does not cover their usage around the clock. “Just purchasing more solar energy in a grid that already has lots of solar generation will not result in zero emissions,” “To guarantee 100 percent emissions reductions from renewable energy, power consumption needs to be matched with renewable generation on an hourly basis,” https://energy.stanford.edu/news/100-renewables-doesn-t-equal-zero-carbon-energy-and-difference-growing https://energy.stanford.edu/news/100-renewables-doesn-t-equa... At one point they will have to stop with "renewable" and accept nuclear and the low carbon label (on an hourly or minute basis).