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A second microgrid project in Puerto Rico will allow Eaton, a power management company, to provide renewable energy for its manufacturing operations.

Delta Air Lines completed an offtake agreement Sept. 30 for 250 million gallons of blended fuel with sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in a deal that is estimated to be worth more than $1 billion.

Ford Motor Company announced Sept. 27 its largest investment into electric vehicle production with the opening of two manufacturing campuses in Tennessee and Kentucky for electric vehicles and batteries.

Smart Energy Decisions present the Webinar Center - your go-to resource for presentations you need to help you make the best decisions for your energy efficiency and renewable energy strategies. Recent webinars include "Go Green to Save Green," "Assuring Optimal O&M Performance for Solar Assets," "How Daimler Trucks North America is Accelerating Scope 1, 2, and 3 Emission Reductions with Sustainable Energy Services Agreements," and "Cost, Sustainability, and Resilience Benefits of the Latest DER Technology: Kroger on its Mainspring Linear Generator Deployments."

General Motors (GM) announced Sept. 30 a collaboration to track real-time carbon emissions at their facilities associated with electricity use. The company will also reach its goal to source 100% renewable energy to power its U.S. sites by 2025 – five years earlier than previously announced.

JetBlue announced Sept. 28 a new offtake agreement of sustainable aviation fuel that will increase its SAF usage to nearly 8% by the end of 2023.

Greenland's national waste management company, ESANI A/S, will soon provide district heating for residents and businesses through new waste-to-energy facilities.

Okta announced Sept. 28 that it has reached 100% renewable electricity use for all its global offices and employees’ work-from-home consumption for the year.

As COVID moves from pandemic to endemic, the time has come for Smart Energy Decisions to once again innovate and reinvent how we serve you as a community. In this column, John Failla, Founder and Editorial Director, explains how SED will introduce the next generation of our innovative event model at the upcoming Renewable Energy Forum - in person and safely - in December.