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CleanMax is going to take care of the operational side of the power projects.
Facebook has already struck similar deals in Singapore.
New Delhi: Striving to fulfil its ambitions of turning carbon neutral by 2030, Facebook has just signed a deal to buy renewable energy from Mumbai-based CleanMax, a homegrown clean energy firm. Notably, this is Facebook’s first such deal in India.
CleanMax will sell energy produced by its 32-megawatt wind power project located in southern Karnataka state to Facebook. Both companies will work together for many other similar projects. They are also planning to supply renewable power into India’s electric grid.
Facebook to buy renewable energy from Indian firm CleanMax 15 April 2021 - 10:35 Fathin Ungku and Florence Tan Picture: REUTERS/DADO RUVIC
Singapore Facebook has signed a deal to buy renewable energy in India from a local firm’s wind power project, the social media giant s first such deal in the South Asian nation, the companies said on Thursday.
The 32MW wind power project, located in southern Karnataka state, is part of a larger portfolio of wind and solar projects that Facebook and Mumbai-based CleanMax are working together on for supplying renewable power into India’s electrical grid, they said in a joint statement.
Facebook has signed a deal to buy renewable energy in India from a local firm’s wind power project. AP/File
Facebook has signed a deal to buy renewable energy in India from a local firm’s wind power project, the social media giant’s first such deal in the South Asian nation, the companies said on Thursday.
The 32 megawatt wind power project, located in southern Karnataka state, is part of a larger portfolio of wind and solar projects that Facebook and Mumbai-based CleanMax are working together on for supplying renewable power into India’s electrical grid, they said in a joint statement.
Facebook signs renewable energy deal with a local firm in India saying it has reached net-zero emissions as of 2020
SINGAPORE, April 15 (Reuters) - Facebook has signed a deal to buy renewable energy in India from a local firm s wind power project, the social media giant s first such deal in the South Asian nation, the companies said on Thursday.
Facebook also said that as of 2020, the company s global operations were supported wholly by renewable energy and that it has reached net-zero emissions.
The 32 megawatt wind power project, located in southern Karnataka state, is part of a larger portfolio of wind and solar projects that Facebook and Mumbai-based CleanMax are working on together to supply renewable power into India s electrical grid, they said in a joint statement.
That enables the project to seek out the financing that it would need, she said.
India is Facebook s biggest market by users.
In Singapore, Facebook has announced similar partnerships with energy providers Sunseap Group, Terrenus Energy,, and Sembcorp Industries on projects that can produce 160MW of solar power, Parekh said.
The electricity generated from these plants will power the tech giant s first Asian data centre that is set to start operations next year, she added.
Data centres driving tech companies like Facebook use up as much as 1 percent of the world s total energy, the International Energy Agency said last year.