Microsoft

Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund, Bank of America Among Funders of Africa Mini-Grid Push

Crossboundary Energy Access, an investment platform which is project financing solar-powered mini-grid projects in rural Africa, has secured US$50 million fundi…

Net Zero Emission

PETRONAS, Microsoft Partner to Develop 100MW Solar Project

The partnership also covers the development of the first Digital Sustainability Core.

Microgrid

Schneider Electric Launches Grid Operations Platform as a Service on Microsoft Azure

Schneider Electric has announced the launch of its grid operations platform as a service on Microsoft Azure, which aims to offer remote access to utilities for …

Energy Transition

Business Consortium Urges EU to Strengthen Energy Security

More than 100 businesses including Microsoft, Unilever, H&M, and Iberdrola have called for an accelerated energy transition.

Carbon Neutral

3 Things Learned From Microsoft’s Carbon Removal Report

While other organizations are focused primarily on getting to carbon neutral for current emissions, Microsoft plans to offset its entire historical emissions go…

Wind Farm

NTR to Suppy Microsoft in Sweden

Power purchase agreement for electricity from the 86MW Norra Vedbo wind farm

Solar Power Plant

Ørsted Signs Power Purchase Agreement with the Microsoft Corporation

Ørsted and Microsoft Corporation have entered into an agreement for Microsoft to purchase energy from Old 300 Solar Center in Fort Bend County, Texas.

Hydrogen Fuel Cell

Sneak Peek: Microsoft on Powering Its Data Centres with Hydrogen Fuel Cells

Whilst the company’s involvement in hydrogen may seem recent, the behind-the-scenes work leading up to such announcement was years in the making.

Solar Power Plant

Volt Energy to Supply Microsoft with 250 MW of Solar

The deal comes with plans to invest in community impact initiatives, and is the tech giant’s first known utility-scale solar power purchase agreement with mino…

Clean Energy Transition

Google, Microsoft Back 24/7 Clean Energy Initiative

EnergyTag is kicking off six projects around the world to track the source of electricity in near-real time

CCS

Microsoft Joins Norway’s Pioneering CO2 Capture, Storage Project

Various industrial facilities will be able to implement the digital platform that Microsoft is working on in Norway for Northern Lights, which is developing a C…

CCS

Equinor and Microsoft Collaborate on Northern Lights Carbon Capture and Storage Value Chain

Equinor has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Microsoft to explore ways to support the Northern Lights carbon capture and storage project as a technolog…

Energy Transition

Shell and Microsoft Expand Partnership for Net-Zero Emissions

Shell and Microsoft have jointly announced a strategic energy and technology alliance to support each other in achieving net-zero targets.

Energy Transition

BP to Support Microsoft in Meeting 2025 ‎Renewable Energy Targets

British oil and gas company BP has agreed to supply Microsoft with renewable energy to help meet the tech giant’s 2025 ‎renewable energy goals.

France

Hydrogen Council Adds New Members Including Microsoft and Baker Hughes

The global coalition pushing for a power generation transition to zero carbon hydrogen has added a list of big corporate names to its membership.