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Construction was recently completed on a 1.2-megawatt ground-mounted solar array for the Otis Elevator Company at their facility in Florence, S.C.

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City Furniture announced the pre-order of five all-electric Semi trucks as the next step in the company’s "green" approach to all facets of its business. The company expects to use these trucks to transport merchandise from its main distribution center in Tamarac, Fla.

A solar field spanning 10 acres of land began operating at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science’s Horn Point Laboratory Campus on Apr. 23.

Smart Energy Decisions has released the current agenda, speakers, and sponsors for the spring edition of the 2018 Renewable Energy Sourcing Forum to be held June 18-20 at the Rancho Bernardo Inn, San Diego, Calif.

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This brochure from Enel Green Power describes an innovative model for renewable energy sourcing. The "Renewables4All" program is designed to offer customers with small-medium energy loads a broader spectrum of choices for affordable renewable energy.

In their report, "Advancing the Energy Transition," BP noted that renewables are now the fastest-growing energy source in history, adding "We estimate that they could account for 14% of all energy consumption in 2040– if not more."

Software company Intuit announced a new program, “Purely Green,” that will share its corporate wind power procurement in Texas with commercial and residential customers. In partnership with retail energy provider Just Energy, the program will offer discounted renewable energy credits to hundreds of thousands of electricity customers across Texas.

MGM Resorts International announced on Apr. 19 that it will develop a 100-megawatt solar photovoltaic array in partnership with Invenergy. MGM will purchase all the energy generated by the project, located 25 miles north of Las Vegas