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Microsoft enters 20-year deal to buy Texas wind power
2013-11-04 23:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: It takes a lot of energy to store all the data 1 billion people and 20 million businesses plug into their computers, phones, tablets and gadgets. So as part of an effort to become carbon neutral, Microsoft Corp. has entered a 20-year deal to buy power from a new wind farm in Texas, the first time the tech giant is directly purchasing electricity from a specific source. The deal announced Monday between Microsoft and RES Americas is being funded in part by money collected from a "carbon fee,"...
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