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T-Mobile Commits To 100 Percent Renewable Electricity By 2021 (cnbc.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the fully-sustainable dept.

T-Mobile said on Monday that it will move to 100 percent renewable electricity by the year 2021. It had also "finalized a contract for wind power from the Solomon Forks Wind Project in Kansas," reports CNBC. "Power generation there is due to begin at the beginning of 2019, and will supplement the energy T-Mobile receives from the Red Dirt Wind Power Project in Oklahoma." From the report: John Legere, T-Mobile's president and CEO, said moving to renewable energy was the right thing to do and smart business. "We expect to cut T-Mobile's energy costs by around $100 million in the next 15 years thanks to this move," he added. T-Mobile has also joined the RE100, a group of global businesses committed to renewable power. Other members of the RE100 include Apple, Facebook and Google.

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  1. This is a wise choice, with a mix of renewables by WillAffleckUW · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Wind, solar, and other renewable energy has a lower cost than old-school fossil fuels, and allows them to build grid resilience. Wind combined with either battery or compressed air storage allows you to achieve full reliability even during extreme weather events.

    Given the distributed nature of their business, this allows them to drop costs and compete with other higher cost providers.

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    1. Re:This is a wise choice, with a mix of renewables by jwhyche · · Score: 5, Interesting

      These are stories I like to read about. Trump may be trying to save a dying coal industry but I just don't see it happening. What I see happening, just as I hoped would happen, is companies realizing that being Green is a asset. I believe they are seeing the same things I'm seeing. An that is more people with money to spend are starting to think about where the shit they are buying comes from.

      This is a good thing.

      Just to say fossil fuels days are numbered. The fat lady isn't on the stage yet but she is defiantly in the opera house if not warming up back stage.

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  2. not so green on cell phone batteries though right? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Interesting

    I like being able to renew the electrical source in my phones, but I am not holding my breath for phones with replaceable batteries. Hoping my LG G4 and LG V20 continue to have batteries available. At times I make my sleek phone huge with an extended battery and case. Awesome for camping.

    If they want to truly be green, lean on phone manufacturers to make phones for humans. And don't cripple the FM radio in the phone. Leave the headphone jack alone.

    Get off of my lawn! /shake my fist at the sky