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Diode Ventures to Support Google’s Carbon Free Energy Profile Effort in Taiwan

Diode Ventures, a Black & Veatch company, announce they have been selected to finance and develop a solar farm of up to 10-megawatt (MW) in Tainan City, Taiwan that will help expand Google’s position as the world’s largest purchaser of renewable energy.

Awards & Rankings

Duke Energy Named One of Fortune’s "World’s Most Admired Companies" For Second Consecutive Year

Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK) has been named to Fortune magazine’s 2019 list of the World’s Most Admired Companies for the second year in a row. Duke Energy was ranked 5th among gas and electric utilities.

Environment

Ecocentricity Blog: A Shattered Record

Tesla’s Model 3 is the new king, with a whopping 139,782 vehicles sold in 2018! December alone saw more than 25,000 Model 3s purchased.

Energy & Infrastructure

A New Blueprint for Renewable Energy Aggregation

Watch this video on how Bloomberg, Cox Enterprises, Gap Inc., Salesforce and Workday closed an all-new renewable energy aggregation deal with guidance from LevelTen Energy. This is the first example of companies aggregating similar, relatively small amounts of renewable energy demand to collaboratively enter into a virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA), collectively acting as the anchor tenant for a large offsite renewable energy project.

Energy & Infrastructure

How Bloomberg, Cox, Gap Inc., Salesforce and Workday Combined Clout to Buy Clean Power

Sometimes, five heads are better than one.

One common concern among corporate energy teams at midmarket businesses is that they don’t procure enough electricity or have enough lawyers to take on the risks of a power purchase agreement. That’s why five companies with varying levels of experience in renewable energy procurement are getting together to contract for about half the generating capacity of a 100-megawatt North Carolina solar farm.

Energy & Infrastructure

Sappi Increases Renewable Energy Usage

Energy intensity, or the total energy consumed to produce a set unit of product, is a key focus of our monitoring and improvement work. Operators manage fuel usage in the steam and power generation systems at each of our mills to optimize production and cost effi ciencies and work to achieve our current five-year goal to reduce energy consumption per ton of product by 5 percent. The reported energy profiles of our Westbrook and Somerset mills reflect sales of Renewable Energy Credits (RECs).

Inclusion & Opportunity

Interview with Sami Ayass, Landfill Gas Project Manager

Sami Ayass is a project manager based in Tetra Tech’s Diamond Bar, California, office and is part of the company’s Waste Management Practice, focusing on methane gas services. He graduated from Cal Poly Pomona with a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering and is a self-taught and certified Civil Professional Engineer in California and Texas.

Research & Reports

Appeal of Residential Solar Photovoltaics – Does Framing Matter?

If residential solar photovoltaics (PV) were adopted more widely in the United States, they could significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But consumers balk at high up-front costs, even if energy savings would later offset those costs. A group of researchers led by former Erb Research Fellow Kimberly Wolske set out to study how different framing strategies affect PV’s appeal.

Energy & Infrastructure

Black & Veatch-Designed Microgrid Actively Powering Shell Technology Center in Houston

A Black & Veatch-designed microgrid at Shell’s Technology Center in Houston, Texas, is actively powering part of the campus while serving as a critical research tool for Shell International Exploration & Production Company, Inc.’s work to explore the next generation of clean power and distributed energy technologies.

Energy & Infrastructure

LG Experience & Design Center Is 100% Powered by Renewable Energy

The Experience & Design Center facility is 100-percent powered by renewable energy and carbon neutral certified, “further underscoring LG’s commitment to greener living,” according William Cho, president and CEO of LG Electronics North America. LG Electronics joined MCE Clean Energy’s 100-percent-renewable “Deep Green” program, which sources power from wind and solar projects in California and supports the development of new, local renewable energy projects in the state.

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