Introduction Empowering individuals Working together Operating sustainably Governance and engagement Appendix 2023 Environmental Repo爀琀 communities that host our facilities—in pa爀琀icular, Innovative purchasing historically underserved communities that haven’t Accelerating new and We’re deploying machine learning models typically bene昀椀ted from the clean energy transition. Three improved technologies solutions to optimize wind power years ago, we sta爀琀ed a journey to be琀琀er understand how forecasting and project economics. Our early adoption and long-term suppo爀琀 of clean energy we can help lower barriers to an equitable clean energy Wind and solar power have played a critical role in projects has coincided with the rapid growth of the transition, culminating in two additions to our clean energy enabling Google’s clean energy progress, but meeting local solar and wind power are most plentiful, and industry and remarkable declines in the cost of solar and procurement approach that respond to those challenges. 24/7 CFE—and maximizing our contribution to global  92 to shi昀琀 tasks geographically across data centers so wind power. Along the way, we’ve pioneered innovative decarbonization—will require expanding our technology that we can do more computing in regions where new contracting models and industry pa爀琀nerships to The 昀椀rst program extends clean energy’s 昀椀nancial toolkit. In 2022, we continued to work on a wide range CFE is abundant. help accelerate the adoption of corporate clean energy bene昀椀ts to local communities. Through a 昀椀rst-of-its- of projects to demonstrate, scale, and maximize the practices and make clean energy more accessible to a kind pa爀琀nership with EDPR NA Distributed Generation, climate impact of carbon-free energy technologies, • Accelerating next generation energy sources: wider range of corporate buyers. we’ll create a 500 MW community-based solar po爀琀folio, using Google’s engineering capabilities and purchasing In 2021, we signed the 昀椀rst corporate agreement to adding clean energy to the regional U.S. PJM power grid demand to accelerate the commercialization of new develop a next-generation geothermal power project, New contracting approaches and providing Google with Renewable Energy Credits clean energy technologies: and in 2022, we installed the 昀椀rst-ever ba琀琀ery- that contribute to 24/7 CFE. At least 10% of the po爀琀folio’s based backup power system for a data center at our revenues will be redirected annually for up to 15 years as In 2022, we published a white paper outlining details of the Optimizing generation from existing CFE • facility in St. Ghislain, Belgium. This application will CFE Manager model, a new approach to clean energy utility bill credits to more than 25,000 households facing a technologies: To reduce the carbon footprint of enable Google to optimize the carbon footprint of high energy burden. procurement that can help a wide range of energy buyers our new Bay View and Charleston East campuses, backup power, buying local, low-carbon power for streamline their clean energy purchasing. We share three we designed and installed “dragonscale,” a new solar backup when available rather than relying on diesel The second program aims to spur long-term investments case studies where Google recently signed CFE Manager roo昀椀ng technology that helps us power our facilities generators. to improve housing infrastructure. Through a pa爀琀nership agreements—in Virginia, Germany, and California—and through on-site generation. Learn more in our • Improving energy data and clean energy tracking: with Sol Systems, we’re providing funding to three rural discuss some contractual terms and issues that buyers Bay View spotlight. Google is driving the development of advanced electric cooperatives and one regional organization pursuing these agreements should consider. Managing energy demand across our global • methods for tracking clean energy, including time- with deep roots in No爀琀h Carolina and South Carolina to operations: We developed a “carbon-intelligent based energy a琀琀ribute ce爀琀i昀椀cates. We’re also working unde爀琀ake critical home pre-weatherization and safety In addition to the CFE manager model, in 2022 we piloted computing pla琀昀orm” that optimizes the timing and to improve the quality, consistency, and granularity of upgrades for low- and moderate-income households. a new approach to clean energy requests for proposals location of computing tasks based on local CFE grid electricity data through active collaborations with Alongside this investment, the pa爀琀nership will deliver new that can reduce the time to negotiate and execute a availability. This allows us to shi昀琀 some of our data organizations including EnergyTag, Electricity Maps, solar energy and ba琀琀ery storage resources, moving us clean energy PPA by up to 80%. We’re hopeful this new centers’ computing tasks to the times of day when FlexiDAO, and more. closer to 24/7 CFE and bringing clean energy to one of the approach will give clean energy buyers and sellers most challenging grids to decarbonize. useful new options for negotiating PPAs, and enable all organizations that want to decarbonize their electricity Both of these programs are based on discussions with use to join us on the journey to 24/7 CFE. U.S. government o昀케cials, national NGOs, and policy Helping local communities advocates about challenges to an equitable energy transition in their communities. We’ll continue to build on these programs to extend the bene昀椀ts of our investments Finally, we believe that our clean energy procurement For our Bay View campus, a 昀椀rst-of-its-kind building-integrated solar panel called “dragonscale” was developed to underserved communities. shouldn’t only bene昀椀t the climate, but also the local to create a seamless design. (Photo: Iwan Baan) 45