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Energy Storage - May 28, 2018
U of Texas develops new solar storage system
The University of Texas’s Cockrell School of Engineering has developed a system integrating solar power and storage systems with the potential to halve costs.
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Sourcing Renewables - May 26, 2018
Weekend reads: Battery boom roadblock; NJ leads the way & more
Kick back and relax with these must-read energy stories from around the web:
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GHG Emissions - May 25, 2018
Hilton commits to emissions cuts
Hilton Hotels announced a new goal to reduce carbon emissions by 61% by 2030, created in conjunction with the Science Based Targets initiative.
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Sourcing Renewables - May 25, 2018
U of Maine considers biomass, solar
A new proposal at the University of Maine’s Orono campus calls for a woodchip-fueled power plant and a solar array to provide green power.
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May 24, 2018
Colgate-Palmolive surpasses GHG reduction goal
Colgate-Palmolive announced it has surpassed its 2020 science-based climate goal of reducing absolute greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from manufacturing of 25% vs. a 2002 baseline, reaching a 27.7% reduction in 2017.
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Sourcing Renewables - May 24, 2018
Growth of E-buses to outpace E-cars
Sales of electric buses are expected to jump by 84% by 2030, while cars will grow by 28% in the same period. Overall, the electrification of road transport will move into top gear in the second half of the 2020s, thanks to tumbling battery costs and larger-scale manufacturing.
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GHG Emissions - May 23, 2018
ExxonMobil reveals GHG reduction measures
ExxonMobil announced on May 23 a series of greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction measures that are expected to lead to significant improvements in emissions performance by 2020, including a 15% decrease in methane emissions and a 25% reduction in flaring.
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Wind - May 23, 2018
Facebook signs wind PPA in Norway
Facebook has signed a 15-year PPA for 100% of the output from the Bjerkreim cluster of wind farms in southwest Norway. The 294 MW of capacity from the three contiguous wind projects included in the group is projected to add more than one million MW hours of renewable energy to the Nordic grid each year.
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Energy Efficiency - May 22, 2018
3M reveals energy efficiency progress
3M announced that it has improved global energy efficiency by 30% and increased global renewable energy by 25%. These metrics are part of the company’s 2025 Global Scorecard, released with its 2018 Sustainability Report.
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Wind - May 22, 2018
First-time C&I’s drive record wind PPAs
Led by first-time wind PPA participants Adobe, AT&T, and Nestle, along with repeat customers Bloomberg, Facebook, Nike, and T-Mobile, the number of wind PPAs signed in the first quarter of 2018 reached 3,500 MW, the highest level in any quarter since American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) began tracking them in 2013.
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