"Google just inked an agreement to support the development of a new gas-fired power plant in Illinois called the Broadwing Energy Center. It'll be paired with carbon capture and storage (CCS), technology meant to filter carbon dioxide from smokestack emissions and then store it underground so that the greenhouse gas doesn't build up in the atmosphere. Is this just a polluting fossil fuel project in sheep's clothing?"
"Google says it has agreed to purchase "most" of the power that the new 400MW-capacity power plant at Broadwing produces once it starts operating in 2030. "Our goal is to help bring promising new CCS solutions to the market while learning and innovating quickly," Google says in its announcement today. So far, CCS has a pretty checkered track record in the US."
Google agreed to buy most electricity from the Broadwing Energy Center, a proposed 400MW gas-fired power plant in Illinois paired with carbon capture and storage (CCS). CCS is designed to filter carbon dioxide from smokestack emissions and store it underground to avoid atmospheric buildup. The technology faces doubts about technical performance and financial viability. Critics worry CCS may prolong dependence on fossil fuels instead of accelerating deployment of renewable sources such as solar and wind. Google frames the purchase as support for bringing new CCS solutions to market and learning from the effort, with operation expected by 2030.
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