Dec 16 (Reuters) -

India's ReNew Energy Global ( RNW ) said on Tuesday it has

signed a long-term deal with Alphabet's Google to

develop a 150-megawatt solar project in the western Indian state

of Rajasthan.

WHY IT'S IMPORTANT

The deal is in line with Google's goal to operate entirely

on carbon-free energy by 2030, and comes as India pushes to

double its non-fossil-fuel power generation capacity to 500

gigawatts by the end of the decade.

Other U.S. tech giants such as Amazon ( AMZN ) and Microsoft ( MSFT )

are also signing large-scale renewable energy deals

globally to decarbonize energy-hungry data centers.

BY THE NUMBERS

The 150 MW solar project, scheduled for commissioning in

2026, is expected to generate about 425,000 megawatt hours of

clean electricity annually, which the firm said is equivalent to

powering over 360,000 Indian households.

ReNew is among India's largest independent power producers

but listed in the U.S., and has a clean energy portfolio of

about 18.5 GW as of early 2025.

KEY QUOTES

"...it (agreement) brings new solar capacity onto the grid

in a key region, and helps address challenging portions of our

value chain emissions," Vrushali Gaud, global director, climate

operations at Google said.