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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.

It's the weekend! Kick back and catch up with these must-read articles from around the web.

ALTANA, a producer of specialty chemicals, pledged to be carbon neutral in all its production and energy procurement by 2025 and to convert fully to green electricity in 2020.

AB InBev, the maker of beers including Budweiser, will begin to power all its European operation with 100% renewable energy through a 10-year VPPA in the largest Pan-European corporate solar deal to date.

Google has entered into an agreement to power its new $600 million data center in Henderson, Nev., with a hybrid system combining 350 MW of solar energy capacity with up to 280 MW of battery storage.

The Santa Barbara Unified School District will be working toward its goal of taking itself off the grid through a new energy project that will include solar, battery storage and electric vehicle charging stations districtwide.

The Stuttgart School District in Arkansas will be completely offsetting their electricity use through the installation of two solar arrays made up of 3,700 solar panels.

As we look forward to the next Smart Energy Decisions event, the 2020 Innovation Summit in Houston, March 9-11, let’s look back at one of our signature events from 2019, the 4th Renewable Energy Sourcing Forum, which brought together large electric power users from commercial, industrial, institutional and government sectors, along with suppliers and utilities, all united in the goal to accelerate the adoption of renewable energy.

Netflix’s newest headquarters as of late spring 2020 will be located in the first commercial building in Los Angeles to implement solar-generated technology into a building's facade.

Ten low-income families in Kentucky will be receiving a subscription to the local utility’s Solar Share program through the Kentucky Habitat for Humanity, offsetting a portion of each family’s utility bill for 25 years.