Google is running out of juice

Google, As is its custom, it seeks to expand its activities into very diverse areas. This time, the company with the eponymous search engine has applied to the U.S. Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for permission to operate., to buy and sell electricity on the energy market .

The Mountain View firm has created a subsidiary called Google Energy At the end of December, the company applied for authorization through the FERC. It is not uncommon in the United States for large energy-consuming corporations to become energy operators. The FERC has thus authorized approximately 1,500 companies.

" We want to have the opportunity to procure renewable energy in order to offset the electricity consumption of our operations »"said a spokesperson for the group. Google is concerned about the enormous amounts of electricity consumed in its facilities and would like to be« carbon neutral »"as demonstrated by its Google Go Green initiative. This concern is also reflected in its electricity consumption monitoring system for American households, Google PowerMeter."

This video in English shows this concern through the voice of an employee.