新奇事件簿 谷歌10億美金投資可再生能源

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Tech giant Google is investing $1billion in renewable energies to make its operations totally green. The company hopes to exploit solar energy, wind farms and other forms of alternative energy to power its data 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 capacity to produce two giga-watts of power around the world." Mr Needham added it was an economic necessity for Google to invest in energy. He said: "Procuring power for ourselves and investing in…renewable power plants…all make business sense. They make sense for us as a company to do. We rely on power for our business."

為了讓企業(yè)的運(yùn)行更加環(huán)保，技術(shù)龍頭企業(yè)谷歌向可再生能源產(chǎn)業(yè)投資10億美金。公司希望利用太陽能、風(fēng)電場(chǎng)以及其他形式的可替代能源來供給全球數(shù)據(jù)中心的運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)。谷歌能源和可持續(xù)發(fā)展總監(jiān)里克·尼達(dá)姆告訴記者說：“我們?cè)?5個(gè)項(xiàng)目投資總額超過了10億美金，這15個(gè)項(xiàng)目可以使全球產(chǎn)生2千兆瓦的能源。”尼達(dá)姆先生還補(bǔ)充道，在能源產(chǎn)業(yè)投資也是節(jié)約成本的必然方法。他說：“我們可以獲得能源，在發(fā)電廠投資都能夠讓我們獲利。這是企業(yè)該做的事情。我們的買賣要依靠能源。”

Mr Needham said Google still has a long way to go before all of its operations are fuelled by renewable energy. He said about 34 per cent of Google's power requirements are sourced from renewables. Needham told reporters it wasn't always easy to 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 getting there, not the least of which is operating in many jurisdictions that are in different parts of the world." He added: "At Google we invest in innovative renewable energy projects that have the potential to transform the energy landscape and help provide more clean power to businesses and homes around the world."

尼達(dá)姆先生稱谷歌要想實(shí)現(xiàn)可再生能源的全部利用還需要很長(zhǎng)的路要走。他說谷歌有34%的能源需求是可再生能源供給的。尼達(dá)姆告訴記者說在有些地方很難達(dá)到目標(biāo)。他說：“我們的目標(biāo)是100%可再生。達(dá)到目標(biāo)還面臨著許多挑戰(zhàn)，我們的許多運(yùn)營(yíng)地都設(shè)在了世界不同地區(qū)的司法管轄區(qū)。”他還說：“在谷歌，我們?cè)趧?chuàng)新型可再生能源項(xiàng)目上進(jìn)行了投資，這些項(xiàng)目很有可能改變我們的整個(gè)能源狀況，并對(duì)商業(yè)和全球提供更加清潔的能源。