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United States : VERIZON invest capital in Solar Energy, worth $40 million, $100 million on solar panels and fuel cells [TendersInfo (India)](TendersInfo (India) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Verizon, Telecom giant announced that it is beefing up its solar capacity, constructing 10.2 megawatts generated by over 44,000 solar panels manufactured by SunPower. Nearly, $40 million would be the amount invested in clean energy and precedes a previous investment of $100 million on solar panels and fuel cells. The company will have around 25 megawatts of clean energy under management. Our investment in on-site green energy is improving the quality of life in the communities we serve by reducing CO2 levels and reducing strain on commercial power grids, while increasing our energy efficiency, said James Gowen, Verizon s chief sustainability officer. By almost doubling the amount of renewable, solar energy we re using, we are making further progress toward Verizon s goal of cutting our carbon intensity in half by 2020, in part, by leveraging the proven business case for clean-energy alternatives to the commercial power grid. Further, at Verizon data centers, firm has also executed in better cooling efficiency and energy-consumption reduction measures in its data centers and in numerous solar and fuel cell facilities. (c) 2014 Euclid Infotech Pvt. Ltd. Provided by SyndiGate Media Inc. (Syndigate.info). [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ] |