Google deal to buy hydroelectric electricity

Google has made a large deal to buy he electricity produced by existing hydroelectric facilities.

I don't see that this promotes renewable generation or reduces greenhouse emissions at all. The electricity those generators will make would certainly have been used. This deal won't fund development of more.

It will shuffle the money around, as Google buys current from those generators and the rest of us are compelled to buy current from other generators — perhaps at a higher price.

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