- Microsoft has signed a PPA to acquire clean energy from Volt Energy.
- Volt will supply the power from 250MW of solar projects.
American solar developer Volt Energy has announced that it will supply clean energy to tech giant Microsoft from over 250 MW of utility-scale solar power generating capacity. Microsoft has set a target of obtaining 100 per cent of its energy from clean sources by 2025. Under the agreement, both companies will invest a portion of the revenue from the contract in community impact funding initiatives.
Noelle Walsh, CVP, Cloud Operations + Innovation, Microsoft, stated that “with Volt Energy, we can scale the impact of our renewable energy projects by working together to address environmental equity issues, ranging from renewable energy access to workforce training among underserved urban and rural communities.”
Volt Energy describes itself as an Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) driven renewable energy company that partners with public and private sector clients to assist with the convergence of carbon goals, diversity, equity and inclusion, and other ESG goals. Teh company takes a community-centric approach to clean energy provision.