Google’s geothermal energy ambitions are growing

is a senior science reporter covering energy and the environment with more than a decade of experience. She is also the host of Hell or High Water: When Disaster Hits Home , a podcast from Vox Media and Audible Originals. Google, for the first time, inked an agreement to purchase geothermal energy for its facilities in Asia. The deal also marks the first geothermal power purchase agreement for Taiwan, according to the company. Google is working toward climate goals of cutting the company’s planet-heating emissions in half and matching its electricity use with carbon-free energy purchases around-the-clock by 2030. Geothermal energy comes from heat emanating from within Earth, making it a renewable source of electricity that can help eliminate the fossil fuel pollution causing climate change. The deal also marks the first geothermal power purchase agreement for Taiwan International geothermal developer Baseload Capital struck the deal with Google that was announced today. Power purch ... Read full article.