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Tech giant Google is investing $1billion in renewable energies to make its operations [totally / total] green. The company hopes to [exploit / exploitation] solar energy, wind farms and other [farms / forms] of alternative energy to power its [data / date] centres around the world. Rick Needham, Google's Director of Energy and Sustainability, told reporters: "We've invested over a billion dollars in 15 projects that have the [audacity / capacity] to produce two giga-watts of power around the world." Mr Needham added it was an economic [necessary / necessity] for Google to invest in energy. He said: "[Procreating / Procuring] power for [ourselves / us] and investing in…renewable power plants…all make business [sense / senses] . They make sense for us as a company to do. We [rely / reliable] on power for our business."

Mr Needham said Google still has a [long / length] way to go before all of its operations are [refuels / fuelled] by renewable energy. He said about 34 per cent of Google's [power / powerful] requirements are [sourced / sauced] from renewables. Needham told reporters it wasn't always easy to [congregate / meet] this target in some parts of the world, saying: "Our goal is to be 100 per cent renewable powered. There are lots of challenges in [being / getting] there, not the least of which is operating in many [justifications / jurisdictions] that are in different [parts / partners] of the world." He added: "At Google we invest in innovative renewable energy projects that have the potential to [transform / transfer] the energy [landscape / portrait] and help provide more clean power to businesses and homes around the world."

 


 

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