Google will add 10 megawatts of geothermal power in Taiwan to its renewable portfolio, the corporate introduced Tuesday, marking the search large’s first geothermal funding in Asia.
Swedish firm Baseload Capital is creating the mission by way of an area subsidiary, which has been mapping the island for geothermal assets since 2019.
It’s not the primary geothermal deal for Google. In November, geothermal startup Fervo related a 3.5-megawatt power plant to the grid as a part of an settlement with Google to provide power to its data centers in Nevada.
Geothermal has the potential to present up to 90 gigawatts of unpolluted, constant power in the U.S. by 2050. Island hotspots like Taiwan stand poised to generate a major fraction of their electrical energy from the Earth’s warmth. Taiwan which sits on the western fringe of the Ring of Fire, needs to harness 6 gigawatts of geothermal by 2050.