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Macy's has completed the installation of 21 solar energy projects over the past year at Macy's and Bloomingdale's locations across seven states; the company is also utilizing battery storage systems at three Southern California stores.

Every Saturday, we'll bring you five of the most interesting — or quirky; it is the weekend after all — energy stories from around the web that you may have missed this week.

Already meeting its 100% renewable energy target, Starbucks is making a strategic shift in its corporate renewable energy strategy.

This case study, presented by ECM, offers an overview of how the team helped Life Technologies (now part of Thermo Fisher Scientific) achieve its corporate mandate to improve energy conservation efforts across its global footprint.

A California amusement park has joined a number of other large energy users in Santa Clara in taking advantage of a renewable energy program that will cover 100% of its electricity use.

Cisco Systems Inc. has entered into a 20-year power purchase agreement for electricity and renewable energy credits associated with a 20-MW solar project in California.

This implementation model, created by the Retail Industry Leaders Association and the U.S. Department of Energy's Better Buildings Initiative, details an analysis conducted by Best Buy across its stores to understand the load's current energy use that helped identify $3 million in energy savings opportunities.

Shopping center owner, operator and developer Regency Centers Corp. has reduced its same-store energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions by more than 20% in five years, besting its reduction target date of 2021.

Expanding on its climate-related goals, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has launched a new initiative to engage its suppliers in targeting an elimination of 1 gigaton of greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 from operations and supply chains.

Kilroy Realty Corp. is planning to install advanced energy management systems at five of its buildings in Southern California.