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Sierra Club Profiles 10 Cities Switching To 100% Renewables
The Sierra Club has released a new report showcasing 10 U.S. cities that have made ambitious commitments to be powered with 100% clean, renewable...
Kaiser Permanente Signs Big Wind, Solar And Storage Deal With NextEra
U.S. health care company Kaiser Permanente has finalized an approximately 180 MW power purchase agreement (PPA) with NextEra Energy Resources for solar and wind...
Gov. Brown Signs 100% Clean Energy Bill In California
Today, California Gov. Jerry Brown signed S.B.100, which establishes a bold goal of 100% clean energy in the state.
The legislation, first introduced last year...
GCube Launches Cyber Risk Policy For Renewable Energy Assets
GCube, a provider of renewable energy insurance services, has launched a new cyber risk policy.
The product is designed to cover the specific cyber exposures...
GE Renewable Energy Vet Micaela Bulich Joins CD&R
Micaela Bulich, former vice president of global supply chain for GE Renewable Energy's onshore wind business, has been engaged as an operating advisor to Clayton,...
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners Opens NYC Base
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners P/S (CIP), a Denmark-based fund management company focused on energy infrastructure, has officially established Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners Inc.’s office in New York...
New York Announces $15 Million For Clean Energy Workforce Programs
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, D-N.Y., has announced $15 million in support of two initiatives that will promote clean energy workforce development and training programs on...
California Legislature Rejects Electric Grid Regionalization Bill
It's a no-go for A.B.813, a bill that sought to expand California's electric grid and integrate it with the transmission systems of neighboring states.
The...
Clearway Energy Officially Launches Following NRG, GIP Deal
Clearway Energy Group has begun operations as an independent enterprise formed from the completion of the sale of NRG Energy Inc.'s renewables platform and NRG's...
Renewables Beat Nuclear By A Hair For U.S. Electrical Generation
Renewable energy sources - biomass, geothermal, hydropower, solar and wind - accounted for nearly 20% of net domestic electrical generation during the first half...
California Assembly Passes 100% Renewable Energy Bill
On Tuesday, the California State Assembly voted in favor of S.B.100, a bill mandating 100% renewable energy by 2045.
First introduced in 2017 by State...
Xcel Energy Colorado Gets Good News On 1.1 GW Wind Plans
On Monday, the Colorado Public Utilities Commission (PUC) provided initial approval of Xcel Energy’s Colorado Energy Plan (CEP), which would close two coal units...
Falling Renewables Prices Present ‘Unprecedented Opportunity’ For Western Co-ops
Declines in renewable energy pricing are creating opportunities for electric cooperatives in the Mountain West region to deliver cost-savings to their members, according to...
Facebook Commits To 100% Global Renewable Energy
Today, Facebook announced a commitment to power its global operations with 100% renewables, as well as reduce its greenhouse-gas emissions 75%, by the end...
NRG’s Station A Biz Offers ‘Transparent Access’ To Clean Energy Options
Station A Inc., a software start-up automating clean energy development, has launched as an independent company.
Based in San Francisco, Station A - originally developed...
Schneider Electric Expands Renewable Energy Efforts
Global energy management company Schneider Electric has joined the Corporate Renewable Energy Buyers’ Principles, an initiative of 76 companies seeking to spur progress on...
Boston Takes ‘Big Step’ Toward Community Choice Aggregation
Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh has announced that the city will issue a request for qualifications (RFQ) to assist with the creation of a municipal...
Capital Dynamics Closes $1.2B Clean Energy Fund
Capital Dynamics, an independent global asset manager, has announced the final close of its Clean Energy and Infrastructure VII JV LLC fund (CEI VII) with...
EPA Proposes Affordable Clean Energy Rule To Replace Clean Power Plan
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed the Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) Rule, which establishes emission guidelines for states to use when developing plans to...
New Jersey Plans Path Toward 100% Clean Energy By 2050
The New Jersey Energy Master Plan (EMP) Committee will host a series of public stakeholder meetings in September, launching a public participation process that...