Facebook to go 100% renewable in India, inks pact with CleanMax

 

"Facebook and CleanMax today announced a partnership to support Facebook's sustainability ambitions in India with renewable power from wind and solar facilities set up by CleanMax, India's leading B2B renewable energy provider," a social media giant said. The project is located in Karnataka. The project capacity of 32 MW.

 

Under this pact Facebook and CleanMax will work together and assemble a portfolio of wind and solar projects, providing renewable energy into the electrical grid of India. CleanMax will own and operate the projects, while Facebook will buy the power off the grid using environmental attribute certificates, or carbon credits. Facebook is going to use the renewable energy purchased from CleanMax to power its data center.

 

 

 

 

"This partnership with CleanMax will enable new solar and wind power to be generated in the near future, contributing to the decarbonisation of the Indian electrical grid. Facebook is committed to upholding the highest standards in environmental sustainability across all aspects of our operations," Urvi Parekh, Head of renewable energy at Facebook, said.

 

 

Approximately half of the project capacity has recently been commissioned and is already generating power.

 

"...We have always strived to develop innovative solutions to help our clients achieve their 100 percent renewable ambitions. Given the constraints in sourcing power to many facilities, we are working with forward-thinking corporations like Facebook to find creative solutions to these problems," CleanMax co-founder and Chief Commercial Officer Andrew Hines said.

 

Facebook is to start the operations of the data center in 2022. Facebook had made similar agreements with energy providers in Singapore such as Terrenus Energy, Sunseap Group, Sembcorp industries. These projects are capable of producing 160 MW of solar power.

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