Why Companies Like P&G and Google are Buying So Much Wind Power

Wind energy is seeing a global, not just a domestic boom. High-tech firms such as Google Energy, Facebook and Amazon Web Services, as well as more traditional companies such as Procter & Gamble, General Motors, Walmart and Dow Chemical, have signed contracts to purchase increasing amounts of wind energy in coming years.

According to Tom Kiernan, chief executive of the American Wind Energy Association, in an interview with The Washington Post, corporations are turning to wind because it makes financial sense.

“These corporations are buying because it’s affordable and it’s clean […] This is a good business proposition for them,” he said.

Read more about the increasing wind momentum in the U.S. and the world in the original article here.

By : The Washington Post