Smart Energy Decisions News

o9 Solutions, an enterprise AI software platform provider for transforming planning and decision making, announced the submission of its science-based emission reduction targets was validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi).

At its recent Net Zero Forum, Smart Energy Decisions conducted live interviews with energy customers at various stages of their decarbonization strategies. This episode of the Heard at NZF mini-series features interviews with energy customers in the commercial space. The guests are Joshua Witte, Director of Energy Sustainability and ESG at Dollar Tree stores, Rebecca Hensley, Senior Manager of Environment Programs at CSX, and Gary Hilberg, Chief Sustainability Officer at Local Bounti.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Technology Transitions (OTT) along with the Offices of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED), Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM), and Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) announced 111 entities that will receive funding to advance their clean energy technologies.

H&M Group, a global fashion retailer, signed power purchase agreements (PPAs) for the construction of three solar parks in Sweden.

Catalent, Inc., a company enabling pharma, biotech, and consumer health partners to optimize product development, launch, and full life-cycle supply, announced its targets to lower GHG emissions (Scope 1 and 2) by 42% by 2030.

The Warren Woods Public Schools in Warren, Michigan signed an Energy Savings Performance Contract (ESPC).

The University of California Riverside (UCR) entered into a partnership to help develop and advance technologies that can significantly lower GHG and other emissions in natural gas generators.

CVS Health announced it has entered into two agreements for the purchase of 264,000-megawatt hours' worth of zero-emission renewable energy.

HSBC, an investment bank, announced it will no longer provide new lending or capital markets finance for the specific purpose of projects pertaining to new oil and gas fields and related infrastructure projects when the primary use is in conjunction with new fields.