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bart

Bay Area Rapid Transit Goes Big On Wind And Solar

Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART), the public transportation system of the San Francisco Bay Area, is moving forward on plans to source the majority...
sustainability

New Program Seeks To Bolster Utility Sustainability, Clean Energy Reporting

To better serve customers and investors, the Edison Electric Institute (EEI), an association representing all U.S. investor-owned electric companies, is launching a pilot environmental,...
alberta

CanWEA Applauds Alberta’s New Carbon-Reduction Plan

On Wednesday, Shannon Phillips, Alberta's minister of environment and parks, announced a plan for the adoption of an output-based allocation system for large emitters...
renewables

More U.S. Communities Commit To 100% Clean Energy

Shortly after celebrating the 50th U.S. city or town to adopt a 100% renewable energy target, the Sierra Club has announced that the City...
new york

NY Green Bank Issues RFP On Third-Party Clean Energy Capital

NY Green Bank has issued a request for proposals (RFP) to evaluate strategies for raising, investing and managing at least $1 billion in third-party...
chicago

Digital Realty To Source Wind And Solar For Chicago, Ashburn Data Centers

San Francisco-headquartered Digital Realty, a provider of data center, colocation and interconnection solutions, is expanding its renewable energy and sustainability initiatives with two long-term...
mexican energy

UT Austin Helping Bring Clean Energy To Mexican Grid

The University of Texas at Austin (UT) recently signed a partnership agreement with Monterrey Tech, a university in Mexico, to develop a reliable, clean,...
usa

Sierra Club: 50 Towns, Cities Now Committed To 100% Clean Energy

A total of 50 cities and towns across the U.S. have now committed to transition to 100% clean, renewable sources of energy like wind...
st louis

Ameren Missouri Proposes Subscription-Based Renewable Energy Program

Ameren Missouri has proposed a new way to help large businesses and cities across Missouri reach their renewable energy goals. Under the Renewable Choice Program,...
clean power plan

Clean Power Plan Hearing Kicks Off In West Virginia

Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is in coal country to hold a public hearing on the proposed repeal of the Clean Power...
hawaii

University of Hawaii Forms Utility Partnership For Green Tariffs

The University of Hawaii (UH) and utility company Hawaiian Electric have committed to collaborate on development of a renewable energy initiative to help the...
brayton

Redeveloper Eyes Offshore Wind For Retired Massachusetts Coal Plant

Commercial Development Co. Inc. (CDC), a North American commercial real estate and brownfield redevelopment company, is eyeing offshore wind power for the site of...
green bonds

Ørsted Issuing Green Bonds

Ørsted, formerly DONG Energy, has announced its intention to issue the company's first green bonds, a EUR 500 million green hybrid capital security and...
coal

New Global Alliance Forms To Phase Out Coal

A global alliance over more than 25 governments was launched today with a goal of ending the use of unabated coal and transitioning to...
renewables

Another Colorado Community Pledges 100% Renewable Energy

The Breckenridge, Colo., town council has unanimously approved a resolution committing the community to shift away from dirty fossil fuels and to transition to...
san diego

California Utilities On Good Path Toward Renewable Energy Targets

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has released its annual Renewables Portfolio Standard (RPS) report showing that the program, which is one of the...

Ørsted Survey: Eight Out Of 10 Support 100% Global Renewable Energy

Even though coal and oil are still the world's main energy sources, there is massive support for a green future, according to findings from...
wells fargo

Wells Fargo Powered By 100% Renewables Across The World

San Francisco-based Wells Fargo & Co. has announced that 100% of its global electricity consumption for 2017 will be met with renewable energy. The milestone...
wind

Owens Corning Insulation Made With 100% Wind Power

Toledo, Ohio-headquartered Owens Corning says three of its commercial and residential insulation types that have been independently certified as made with wind power are...
mhi vestas

From Oil To Wind: MHI Vestas Setting Up Facility At Former Power Plant

MHI Vestas Offshore Wind is repurposing a decommissioned oil-fired power plant into a new painting and logistics facility for its 80-meter wind turbine blades. The...

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