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Fifth Third Bank Commits & Succeeds In Going 100% Renewable With Single Solar PPA
Ohio-based Fifth Third Bank has become the first Fortune 500 company, the first bank, and the first RE100 member to achieve its goal of securing 100% of its power consumption with renewables in a single Power Purchase Agreement from a…
Katowice (Poland) Is Using Drones To Locate Illegal Emissions Sources
The city of Katowice in Poland has begun using drones outfitted with various air quality sensors as a means of locating illegal emissions sources — and thus as a way of locating otherwise hard to locate offenders. To explain that…
UK Carbon Emissions Fall to 1890 Levels
The last time annual UK carbon dioxide emissions were as consistently low as they are currently air travel was still an unproven invention and Oscar Wilde was preparing to publish his first and only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray.…
Microsoft Inks First Renewable Energy Deal in India
Microsoft has this week announced that it has inked its first-ever renewable energy deal in India, a small solar Power Purchase Agreement with Atria Power in the Indian state of Karnataka. Announced on Tuesday, Microsoft confirmed that it had signed…
India’s Lithion Power To Invest $1 Billion In Battery Swap Program For EVs
India has seen announcements of ambitious plans by automakers in the past few months regarding the introduction and expansion in production of electric vehicles. Companies that provide charging technology have also announced plans to invest in India. Now, a small…
Statoil Acquires 50% Interest In 1.2 Gigawatt Polish Offshore Wind Farms
Norwegian oil and gas giant Statoil has announced this week it has signed an agreement to acquire a 50% interest in the early phase development of two offshore wind farms in Poland with a combined capacity of 1.2 gigawatts. Statoil,…
ENGIE North America Secures 320 Megawatt Solar Pipeline In SoCore Energy Acquisition
ENGIE North America has this week announced the acquisition of Chicago-based SoCore Energy and its 320 megawatt pipeline of operational and late-stage development solar and battery storage projects. The North American subsidiary of French multinational electric utility company ENGIE announced…