Sony Corp. Commits To 100% Renewable Energy
RE100, a collaborative initiative bringing together businesses committed to 100% renewable power, has announced Sony Corp. as one of its newest members. RE100, led by The Climate Group in partnership...
View ArticleLarge-Scale Battery Storage Project Launches At Western Michigan University
Consumers Energy has announced the operation of a new large-scale battery storage system on the campus of Western Michigan University. The 1 MW battery’s output is about the amount of electricity used...
View ArticleEnel Names New Head Of North American Renewables
Enel Green Power (EGP), the renewables division of the Enel Group, has appointed Georgios Papadimitriou its head of Enel Green Power North America Inc. (EGP NA). Charged with overseeing EGP’s...
View ArticlesPower Announces $498.7M Bond Deal For Renewables Portfolio
Renewable energy independent power producer sPower recently closed a $498.7 million investment-grade, private-placement financing. The financed portfolio represents approximately half of sPower’s 1.3...
View ArticleIntroducing The Newly Renamed Clean Grid Alliance
St. Paul, Minn.-based Wind on the Wires, a regional authority for wind energy policy, transmission planning and renewable energy advocacy in the Upper Midwest, has re-branded to Clean Grid Alliance....
View ArticleSempra Energy Selling $1.54 Billion Renewables Portfolio To Con Ed
San Diego-based Sempra Energy has entered into an agreement to sell its U.S. non-utility operating solar assets, solar and battery storage development projects, and one wind facility to Consolidated...
View ArticleAnother Colorado Community Commits To 100% Clean Energy
On Tuesday, the city council of Fort Collins, Colo., voted 6-1 to approve a resolution committing the community to shift away from fossil fuels and transition to 100% clean, renewable electricity by...
View ArticleBaking Company Grupo Bimbo To Switch To 100% Renewables
Grupo Bimbo, a global baking company based in Mexico City, has announced a commitment to use 100% renewable energy for its electricity throughout the world by 2025. The company claims it is the first...
View ArticleT-Mobile To Power Bellevue Headquarters With Local Solar And Wind
T-Mobile has signed on to Puget Sound Energy’s (PSE) Green Direct program, giving the telecommunications company access to a blend of local wind and solar resources, which will be used to power its...
View ArticleMichigan Bill Seeks 100% Renewable Energy By 2050
Michigan Rep. Yousef Rabhi, D-Ann Arbor, has introduced a bill that would require all of Michigan utilities’ energy to come from renewable sources by 2050. According to Rabhi, H.B.6466 would extend the...
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Solar And Wind Help Curb CO2 Power Emissions 28% Since 2005
According to new findings from the U.S. Energy Information Administration, U.S. electric power sector carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) have declined 28% since 2005 because of slower electricity demand...
View ArticleExxonMobil To Purchase Half A Gigawatt Of Texas Solar, Wind
Ørsted has announced 500 MW of power purchase agreements (PPAs) with ExxonMobil for wind and solar projects in Texas. According to a presentation from Ørsted’s Capital Markets Day 2018 on Wednesday,...
View ArticleBoston’s Sherin And Lodgen Launches Renewable Energy Practice
Boston-based law firm Sherin and Lodgen LLP has expanded its solar practice and created a national renewable energy practice group. According to the firm, the new group is designed to meet the needs of...
View ArticleFitch Ratings Finds Solar Outperforms Wind Globally
Fitch Ratings, a company that specializes in credit ratings and research, says solar consistently outperforms wind power among global renewable energy project ratings, according to an updated analysis...
View ArticleIEA: Emissions from Energy Production Finally Stopped Growing
According to new data from the International Energy Agency (IEA), global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions stopped growing in 2019: Global emissions were unchanged at 33 gigatonnes in 2019 vs....
View ArticleApex Clean Energy Enters Royalty Financing Agreement
Altius Minerals Corp. says its subsidiary, Altius Renewable Royalties Corp. (ARR), has entered into an initial $35 million royalty financing agreement with Apex Clean Energy related to an extensive...
View ArticleAmazon Invests in U.S. Sustainability
Amazon has invested in four new global renewable energy projects – including a solar project located in the U.S. – that support the company’s commitment to reach 80% renewable energy by 2024 and 100%...
View ArticleCuomo Unveils Details for 17 Large-Scale Solar Projects
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has unveiled the details of the awards for 21 large-scale solar, wind and energy storage projects across upstate New York, totaling 1,278 MW of new renewable capacity. These...
View ArticleNew York Passes Accelerated Renewable Energy Act
New legislation in New York will speed up the siting and construction of clean energy projects to combat climate change and help the state’s economic recovery from the COVID-19 health crisis. The...
View ArticleSEIA’s National Affiliate Network Adds RENEW Wisconsin
The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), the national trade association for the U.S. solar energy industry, says RENEW Wisconsin is now a formal SEIA state affiliate. RENEW Wisconsin becomes...
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