Global giants Google and WWF turned heads this June after announcing the details of their environmental data platform, a joint initiative which aims to tackle harmful emissions and waste across fashion industry supply chains.
Google’s parent company will target eight areas, including energy efficiency, clean energy, green buildings, clean transportation and circular economy and design
The data is from sensors deployed in Google Street View vehicles taken over four years
More than 100 corporations in 23 different countries signed PPAs last year
The power will be sourced from roughly 350MW of solar photovoltaics and up to 280MW of battery storage, located at one or more hybrid projects in the region
The Environmental Insights Explorer uses unique Google data sources and modelling capabilities to produce estimates of emissions and renewable energy potential
The package consists of 1,600MW of agreements, including 18 new energy deals, which together will boost its worldwide portfolio of wind and solar power by more than 40%
The technology giant says it has reduced carbon emissions from product shipments by 40% between 2017 and 2018
The project intends to use the data to hold polluting plants accountable to environmental standards and enable advanced new emissions reduction technologies
It says its DeepMind machine learning platform can now predict wind power output 36 hours in advance
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