谷歌宣佈年將實現100%使用可再生能源

Google's data centres and the offices for its 60,000 staff will be powered entirely by renewable energy from next year, in what the company has called a "landmark moment".

從明年開始，谷歌的數據中心和其6萬名員工的辦公室將完全使用可再生能源發電，該公司稱之爲"具有里程碑意義的時刻"。

The internet giant is already the world's biggest corporate buyer of renewable electricity, last year buying 44% of its power from wind and solar farms.

該互聯網巨頭已經是世界上最大的可再生能源的公司買家，去年在風力和太陽能發電廠購買了44％的電力。

Now it will be 100%, and an executive said it would not rule out investing in nuclear power in the future.

現在這一數字將達到100％，一位管理人員表示，該公司不排除未來投資核電的可能。

Oman said it had taken Google five years to reach the 100% target, set in 2012, because of the complexity involved with negotiating power purchase agreements.

奧曼表示，由於談判電力購買協議的複雜性，谷歌公司花了五年時間才實現012年定下的100％的目標。

The company's biggest demand for energy is its data centres and it admits their overall thirst for power is growing.

該公司最大的能源需求是其數據中心，並承認他們對電力的整體渴望正在增長。

Google was now looking to sign 10-year agreements for low-carbon power that was not intermittent, such as hydro, biomass and nuclear.

谷歌現在打算簽訂10年不間斷的如水電、生物質和核電這樣的低碳電力協議。

"We want to do contracts on renewable power, it could be biomass if the fuel source is sustainable, it could be nuclear. We're looking at all forms of low-carbon generation."

"我們希望簽訂有關可再生能源的合同，如果燃料來源是可持續的，它可以是生物質，也可以是核電。我們正在考慮各種形式的低碳電源。"