Indian renewable energy company ReNew Energy Global announced that it has signed a long-term agreement with Google to develop a 150 MW solar project in Rajasthan, India.
Under the deal, Google will purchase the environmental attribute certificates from the project, which the company said it will allocated to its Scope 3 emissions.
Google’s environmental targets include 2030 goals to reach net zero emissions across its operations and value chain, and its 24/7 CFE ambition, aiming to run its entire business on carbon-free energy (CFE) by 2030, matching electricity demand with CFE supply every hour of every day, in every region where the company operates. According to Vrushali Gaud, Global Director of Climate Operations at Google, while the company continues to engage with its key suppliers to increase their adoption of clean energy to meet its value chain decarbonization goals, “this agreement will help address those emissions that cannot be traced to a specific supplier.”
Gaud added:
“Clean, affordable electricity is central to our growth ambitions, both for our own infrastructure and for our value chain this novel agreement with ReNew is a critical strategic step; it brings new solar capacity onto the grid in a key region, and helps address challenging portions of our value chain emissions. We are committed to supporting India’s clean energy journey through this collaboration and contributing and contributing positively to the national grid.”
The solar farm, scheduled for commissioning in 2026, is expected to generate roughly 425,000 MW-hours of electricity annually, which the companies said is enough to supply more than 360,000 Indian households.
The Rajasthan project represents Google’s first implementation of its recently outlined Scope 3 framework in India, which aims to add new clean energy to the grid and direct investment to high-impact regions.
Vaishali Nigam Sinha, Co-Founder and Chairperson of Sustainability at ReNew, said:
“This partnership with Google reflects the growing confidence in India’s clean energy ecosystem and ReNew’s ability to deliver climate-positive solutions at scale. Long-term agreements of this kind are catalytic, they enable new renewable capacity, support India’s energy transition and help global companies meet ambitious sustainability commitments.”
India has set a target of achieving 500 gigawatts of non-fossil fuel energy capacity by 2030, with 50% of installed electricity capacity already coming from non-fossil sources.
