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Two Massachusetts towns are the location for a pair of new community solar projects combined with energy storage that expects to contribute to the Commonwealth's energy storage goal of 1,000 MWh by the end of 2025.

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Dow will soon be receiving solar energy from a 200 MW project of which they have contracted 75% and announced their involvement with the project on June 18.

The Fredericksburg Nationals stadium in Fredericksburg, Va., contracted solar-powered LED lights that will sit atop 30 lamp poles that will illuminate the parking lot once the stadium opens.

In pursuit of their goal to power all operations with 100% renewable energy by 2025, IKEA announced that they are pursuing a self-assembled rooftop solar project on one of its Australian megastores.

MetLife announced June 17 that they achieved all their 2020 environmental goals on target, including becoming carbon neutral, reducing energy consumption by 10% since 2012 and reducing location-based emissions by 10% since 2012.

Lyft announced June 17 a groundbreaking commitment in partnership with the Environmental Defense Fund to have 100% electric vehicles in their fleet of drivers by 2030.

Distributed energy resources (DER) are expected to see an annual investment increase by 75% by 2030 and are expected to account for 10% of the world's global installed power generation, a new report found.

Unilever announced June 16 that they will be investing €1 billion into a new Climate & Nature fund that will fund environmental projects over the next 10 years and contribute to their achievement of net-zero carbon emissions from all their products by 2039.

Dow announced June 17 that they have committed to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 and reduce carbon emissions by 15% between 2020 and 2030.