The Internet giant Google e asked permission from the Federal Communications Commission for Energy regulation in the United States (FERC) can be traded on the wholesale allowance for electricity. This is necessary because the company’s greatest needs for energy, fed to their business. The company has submitted an application last month through its subsidiary company, Google Energy. According to an article in the Wall Street Journal in which quoted a spokesman for Google, the U.S. company believes that the authorization to trade in energy will help it better manage its energy supply and to gain a greater access to renewable energy sources. Google operates with large number of data centers that consume large amounts of energy to replenish its Internet services (search, video, email, etc..,). Executive Director of Google Eric Schmidt insisted for a long time for renewable energy to provide data centers the company.
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