Energy: RWE supplies Google in the USA with solar power
RWE had announced its intention to expand its business in the US with investments worth billions. Now the companies have concluded a 15-year power purchase agreement.
Düsseldorf. The energy giant RWE, which is heavily engaged in the USA, wants to supply Google with solar electricity. The companies have concluded a 15-year electricity purchase agreement for the Crooked Creek solar project in McCurtain County, Oklahoma, RWE announced on Monday. Construction work on the project, which is expected to have a capacity of 155 megawatts, is scheduled to begin this year.
It is expected to go into operation in 2028. Up to 250 jobs are expected to be created. RWE plans to make further investments in Oklahoma to meet the increasing demand for electricity. The company already operates a wind farm there. The group had announced that it wants to expand its business in the USA with investments worth billions.
Above all, the boom in artificial intelligence (AI) and the associated construction and operation of data centers require huge amounts of energy. RWE CEO Markus Krebber had announced that RWE will invest a total of €35 billion in expanding its electricity generation from 2026 to 2031. €17 billion of this is to flow into the USA.
However, the renewable energy industry has come under massive pressure in the US under President Donald Trump. Trump finds wind turbines ugly and has spoken out, among other things, against the expansion of offshore wind energy.
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