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A Virginia-based electric utility announced Oct. 25 that it is seeking bids for up to 500 MW of solar and onshore wind generation.

Nestlé Waters North America will start to power over 50% of its manufacturing and distribution facilities in Texas with clean energy supplied by a local wind farm through a renewable energy agreement signed with ENGIE Resources on Oct. 22.

Cargill and Walmart are sharing the offtake of a new wind farm in South Dakota. Walmart first announced an agreement in April to purchase 150MW of wind power from Geronimo Energy’s 200MW Crocker Wind Farm. Cargil followed on October with the announcement of a 12-year VPPA for the remaining 50MW of the project.

Iron Mountain Inc., a storage and information management services company, announced on October 17 the signing of a 15-year PPA for 145 MW of new wind energy from the Pretty Prairie Wind Farm, located in Reno County, KS.

This white paper, presented by EDF Renewables, compares the process of procuring renewable energy to climbing a ladder. But how tall a ladder will you need? What steps do you need to take to get to the top?

General Motors announced that its Arlington Assembly plant will now run on 100% clean wind energy following the recent opening of the Cactus Flats Wind Farm. The company also announced that the facility earned a place on the EPA’s Top 100 List of the largest green power users.

Walmart has signed three PPAs for a total of 223 megawatts of wind power. These agreements will enable the construction of three new utility-scale wind farms in the states of Illinois and Indiana.

Microsoft Corp. has signed a 15-year PPA for the 90-megawatt Big Level wind facility now under construction in Hector Township, Pennsylvania. The Big Level wind facility is Microsoft’s third PPA in the PJM Interconnection and will bring the com