Google Explains Why It Became an Energy Trader

angry tapir writes "Google has explained how it might use its status as an energy-trading company to increase the use of renewable energy sources in its data centers. In February, the company's Google Energy subsidiary received approval from the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to buy and sell power on the wholesale market."

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Re:More crazy US laws.

[SQLGuru]

I simply read it as: they burn more natural gas for lime-ash, using the heat from the lime-ash process to turn turbines. This generates more electricity than is required by their day to day operations. Thus, more electricity than they use. The excess electricity is then sold. Nothing there violates your sacred law. I think you just skipped over the part about burning natural gas.