Brightening Our Corner Newsletter - March 2022

The Ray C. Anderson Foundation has published it's quarterly newsletter with the latest news from its partners and grantees including The Ray, Drawdown Georgia, The Ray C. Anderson Center for Sustainable Business and The Biomimicry Institute.

Cummins Has Big Plans to Let the Sunshine In

Cummins is committed to leading on the world’s climate challenges. See how the global power leader is putting solar to work to power its plants and facilities.

To Achieve Energy and Economic Security, We Must Accelerate the Transition to a Clean Energy Future

“A time of crisis is not just a time of anxiety and worry. It gives a chance, an opportunity to choose well or to choose badly.” — Desmond Tutu

Virtual Power Purchase Agreement with ENGIE North America to Develop Renewable Energy

The VPPA will bring clean renewable energy onto the grid and ensure Stanley Black & Decker continues to address its North American electricity usage by delivering approximately 205,000 megawatt hours of renewable electricity annually.

Largest Peace REC (P-REC) Agreement to Date and the First in South Sudan Helps Fund Solar Electrification of Teaching Hospital

The largest Peace Renewable Energy Credit (P-REC) agreement to date was completed in South Sudan.

Powering Progress to Meet the Challenges of a Changing World

A brand-new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change provides a grim echo of previous reports – that the world’s population is heading toward a dangerous future if we fail to address the causes of climate change.

It's Consumer Protection Week: Learn the Telltale Signs of a Scam

During Consumer Protection Week, PSE&G urges customers to be alert to scams – particularly scams demanding immediate bill payment.

Can EVs Power the Grid?

By 2030, up to half of new electric vehicles could be capable of charging their batteries while they’re plugged in and discharging electricity stored in their batteries back onto the power grid.

Helping an Australian Cereal Manufacturer Generate Clean Energy From Waste

Rockwell Automation (NYSE: ROK) technologies is helping a leading cereal manufacturer use anaerobic digestion—a sequence of processes by which microorganisms break down biodegradable material—to generate energy from organic waste.

New Black & Veatch eBook Explores Hydrogen's Role in Long-Duration Energy Storage

Unprecedented amounts of renewable energy are being integrated onto the grid, but with intermittency a major barrier to large-scale decarbonization, the world needs cost-effective long-duration energy storage.

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