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An energy efficiency overhaul of Detroit's historic Whitney Restaurant that includes heating, cooling, lighting, controls and window insulation was recently profiled as the first in the area to use financing from the Property Assessed Clean Energy program.

Less than a year after Calpine Corp. announced its acquisition of Noble Americas Energy Solutions LLC, a large independent supplier of power to commercial and industrial retail customers, Calpine itself is being taken over amid sustained challenges to the broader merchant power sector.

This case study, presented by EDF Renewable Energy, illustrates the real cost saving benefits of energy storage for commercial and industrial companies.

This white paper presented by Schneider Electric covers microgrid technologies in detail and explores their significant role in the new energy transition.

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Power producer GenOn Energy, a subsidiary of NRG Energy, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Houston.

Levering the expertise of its internal commodities trading arm, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. signed its first power purchase agreement for wind energy that is matched, roughly, to the size of its North American electricity load.

If approved by the commission, commercial and industrial customers would see an average increase of 13.5%.

The owner of the Three Mile Island nuclear plant — home of the 1979 nuclear accident considered to be the worst in U.S. history — on May 30 announced plans to close the Pennsylvania power plant in 2019 following years of profit losses.