Energy & Infrastructure

Battery Project Will Stabilize Solar Power

A new 650-kilowatt, 2.7-megawatt-hour battery works as a buffer to level out power fluctuations caused by changes in the sun’s intensity, and provides stabile electricity for Alliant Energy customers.

Energy & Infrastructure

Hormel Foods Announces the Completion of Solar Array at Its Swiss American Sausage Company Facility in California

The new solar array will help the environment by reducing GHG emissions by an estimated 288 metric tons per year. The emissions avoided is equivalent to removing 61 cars from the road annually or avoiding burning over 314,000 pounds of coal.

Corporate Responsibility

Carnival Corporation's Costa Cruises Welcomes LNG-Powered Costa Smeralda to Fleet

Costa Cruises, the Italian brand of Carnival Corporation, the world's largest leisure travel company, officially took delivery recently of Costa Smeralda, the brand's first ship powered by LNG, the marine industry's most advanced fuel technology

Energy & Infrastructure

EV Charging Plan for Schools, Recreation Areas Gets State OK

The California Public Utilities Commission has approved a two-year pilot that will allow Southern California Edison to add hundreds of new EV charging stations at schools and state recreation areas.

Energy & Infrastructure

Schneider Electric: Electricity Companies Should Go Green

Global demand for electricity is expected to increase by 60% by 2040. The good news is that during that same time period solar and wind’s share of global electricity is expected to triple.

AI & Technology

General Motors and LG Chem Team Up to Advance Toward an All-Electric Future, Add Jobs in Ohio

General Motors (NYSE: GM) and LG Chem has announced plans to mass-produce battery cells for future battery-electric vehicles. Together, the companies will invest up to a total of $2.3 billion through a new, equally owned joint venture company.

Energy & Infrastructure

Geronimo Energy Announces Commercial Operation of 200 MW South Dakota Wind Farm

Geronimo Energy (Geronimo), a wholly owned subsidiary of National Grid Plc, announced today the start of commercial operations for its Crocker Wind Farm (Crocker), a 200 megawatt (MW) wind energy project located in Clark County, South Dakota.

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Why Solar Power Works on Closed Landfills

Drew Lent, a solar development expert with Tetra Tech, actively works on and advocates for sustainable energy solutions in the solid waste industry.

Environment

U.S. House Leaders Call for a Nationwide Goal to Achieve 100% Clean Energy by 2050

As the Trump administration begins the formal process to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris Agreement, U.S. House leaders dropped new legislation this week to establish a nationwide goal to achieve net-zero-carbon emissions across the economy by 2050.

Energy & Infrastructure

General Mills Breaks Ground on Second Wind Project, Maverick Creek, to Offset 100% of Domestic Power

Once it is operational in October 2020, Maverick Creek and our first wind farm, Cactus Flats will offset 100% of the electricity used annually at our owned U.S. facilities.

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