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AEP Energy, a subsidiary of American Electric Power, announced Jan. 29 a 240 MW long-term PPA that will supply it with clean power from the Emerson Creek Wind farm in Erie and Huron Counties, Ohio, and service customers that include Google's newest data center in New Albany.

Corporations in the United States purchased a total of 19.5 GW of clean energy contracts in 2019, up more than 40% than last year's record and setting a new record, 80% of which were under the VPPA model.

MSC Cruises announced Jan. 20 the completion of contracts for the construction of their third and fourth LNG-powered cruise ships, to be delivered in 2025 and 2027.

Amazon, AT&T, Clif Bar, Consumers Energy, DHL, Direct Energy, Genentech, IKEA North America, LeasePlan, Lime, and Siemens have joined an alliance to encourage the transition to electric vehicles by making commitments to fleet electrification.

Amazon will be deploying 40 electric vans to its distribution center in Munich Daglfing and installing 60 charging stations at its location there through a new European partnership.

Sprint announced Jan. 16 that all of its 800 Virginia locations will now be running on renewable energy, including its retail locations, cell phone towers and corporate offices, which account for more than 88,000 MWh of electricity per year.

Visa has successfully reached its goal to use 100% renewable electricity across its 131 offices in 76 countries and four global processing centers, just in time for its 2020 target.

PepsiCo announced Jan. 15 its plan to achieve 100% renewable energy for its U.S. direct operations in 2020 by targeting a portfolio of PPAs, VPPAs, RECs and onsite solar.

Stop & Shop will begin to power 40 of its Massachusetts and New York stores with clean energy from a 24/7 microgrid, the company announced Jan. 14.