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SEIA Reducing Its Own Emissions Through New WGL Energy Partnership
The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and WGL Energy Services Inc. have announced a new partnership to green the electricity use and offset greenhouse-gas emissions...
Telecom Company Vodafone Making Drastic Shift To Renewables
U.K.-based Vodafone Group PLC, one of the world’s largest telecommunications companies, has joined the RE100 initiative and committed to purchase 100% of the electricity it...
U.S. Climate Alliance Pushes For Lower Solar Soft Costs
To mark the one-year anniversary of President Donald Trump’s announcement to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris Agreement, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, D-N.Y., has announced a wave of new U.S....
Norman Becomes First City In Oklahoma To Commit To 100% Clean Energy
On Tuesday, the City of Norman, Okla., committed to transition to 100% clean and renewable energy, according to the Sierra Club, which notes that Norman...
Minneapolis City Council OKs 100% Clean Energy Goal
On Friday, the Minneapolis City Council unanimously approved the city’s commitment to transition to 100% clean, renewable energy by 2030, the Sierra Club has announced.
According...
Fifty-Percent Powered By Solar, American University Achieves Carbon Neutrality
Washington, D.C.-based American University (AU) has achieved carbon neutrality, meaning it has a net-zero carbon footprint.
Notably, 100% of AU’s electricity is renewable, with 50%...
Apple Hits 100% Renewable Energy: Here’s How They Did It
Apple has announced that its global facilities are now powered with 100% clean energy. This includes retail stores, offices, data centers and co-located facilities in 43 countries.
The...
City Of Tempe, Ariz., Strategizes On 100% Renewable Energy
The City of Tempe, Ariz., has adopted a new goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050, along with a strategy of sourcing 100% of its electricity...
PG&E Meets California’s Renewable Energy Goal Three Years Early
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) says it has reached California’s 2020 renewable energy goal three years ahead of schedule and now delivers nearly 80% of...
Colorado County Makes 100% Renewable Energy Commitment
On Tuesday, the Summit County, Colo., board of county commissioners unanimously voted to approve a resolution committing the unincorporated Summit County community to shift...
AEP Plans Major Solar And Wind Investments To Keep Cutting CO2
Columbus, Ohio-based American Electric Power (AEP) has released a report outlining the company’s clean energy strategy, which includes major investments in wind and solar...
Pennsylvania’s SREC Fix Hits A Snag
Last fall, Pennsylvania lawmakers set out to fix a problem with the state’s 2004 Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards Act (AEPS).
No, the problem they took on with Act...
Groups Denounce Trump’s SOTU Energy Remark
The Mexico border wall, nuclear arsenals, Guantanamo Bay – President Donald Trump covered a number of controversial topics during his first State of the Union (SOTU)...
San Diego Padres’ Solar Project Expected To Be A Home Run
California-based Sullivan Solar Power has begun construction on what is expected to be the largest on-site solar power system in Major League Baseball (MLB) at Petco...
Corporate Clean Energy PPAs Reached Record Volume In 2017
Despite looming policy uncertainty in the U.S. and Europe, corporations signed a record volume of clean energy power purchase agreements (PPAs) globally in 2017,...
FERC Rejects DOE’s Controversial Grid Proposal
In a move being applauded by renewable energy groups, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has terminated its consideration of the U.S. Department of...
NRDC: Grid Reliability During Cold Snap Refutes Need For Coal ‘Bailout’
Much of the country is in the grip of frigid weather, which is increasing demand for electricity (but still less than during hot summer...
N.Y. Governor Reveals Ambitious Clean Energy Agenda
As part of his 2018 State of the State, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, D-N.Y., has unveiled a comprehensive agenda to combat climate change by...