Previous Webinars
Delivering Sustainable Energy through Sustainable Partnerships
Presented on 10/17/19
As a growing number of commercial and industrial companies are setting sustainability goals and committing to renewable energy, having like-minded partners is increasingly important when navigating this journey. More than a power purchase contract, the right partner can support and co-create sustainability initiatives well beyond contract execution and throughout the life of the partnership.
For more than 50 years, Enel has brought progress to people around the world, from the introduction of the first smart meter to becoming the world's largest producer of renewable energy. Included in Fortune’s prestigious “Change the World” list, Enel continues to create shared value in the communities where it operates and often alongside its customers.
Wynn Resorts, one of Enel Green Power’s 13 commercial and industrial partners in North America and over 20 worldwide, puts sustainability at the forefront of their business and Enel is happy to support them in their journey.
Join Erik Hansen, Chief Sustainability Officer at Wynn Resorts, Marcus Krembs, Director of Sustainability at Enel North America, and Greg Rizzo from Enel Green Power’s Commercial Office to learn more about:
- How Enel Green Power incorporates sustainability into all areas of its business.
- How establishing long term partnerships can benefit commercial and industrial companies on their sustainability journeys.
- A successful sustainability project example with Wynn Resorts.
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Why Finance Should Lead Sustainability Efforts
Presented on 09/05/19
The role of CFOs and Finance Leadership in energy and sustainability decisions has been changing in recent years, as new stakeholders and solutions opportunities emerge.
ENGIE North America has confirmed this with a recent market research survey of over 100 C-Level Executives of Fortune 1000 companies. Tune in to Smart Energy Decisions and ENGIE’s webinar to find out the results of our market research study.
In this webinar, you will learn:
- How the role of CFOs and finance leadership is changing with energy decisions
- Which new stakeholders have emerged to influence sustainability strategies
- How green finance and sustainability affects corporate finance departments
- Explore how new contracting mechanisms can reduce risk in energy operations
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Energy and Manufacturing Productivity — Ideas for sustaining balance in the US industrial sector in 2019 and beyond
Presented on 08/22/19
2019 marks the tenth straight year of growth in the US economy. The US industrial manufacturing sector is expected to produce hefty performance numbers in line with those it has posted during its successful run in recent years.
While times are currently good for US manufacturing, the sector’s current and projected energy spends over the coming decade are cause for concern.
In this webinar, CPower’s experts discuss the energy-related issues affecting the US manufacturing industrial sector and explore demand-side energy management options aimed to help manufacturers offset soon-to-be rising energy costs without sacrificing their productivity.
You will learn:
- How changes to energy prices and economic factors may impact revenues in the manufacturing sector in the future
- Case studies of manufacturing facilities creating revenue stream without disrupting production output
- How Energy Efficiency projects can create cost savings and generate revenue
- How process manufacturers should consider their energy assets as risk management assets
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Power Impacts Profit: Using Baseball Lessons to Build a Winning Energy Strategy
Presented on 08/08/19
Simple but strategic changes in your approach to energy management can equate to a 20% improvement in price. This fun and unique presentation will use baseball as an analogy to define how buyers should think about energy management, including a strategic approach with company goals and market conditions in mind.
Through a series of case studies and examples, webinar attendees will learn about the following topics:
- How to narrow the focus and constrain risk
- Optimizing your portfolio within and across regions
- Tracking and communicating the value or savings
- Adapting to a changing landscape
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Drive Savings and Results with Modern Energy Management
Presented on 07/25/19
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Integration Innovation: The benefits of distributed energy resources for your business
Presented on 07/11/19
Distributed energy has evolved. No longer restricted to on-site solar panels or backup generators, it has been elevated by software intelligence, multi-faceted systems, and expanded capabilities. All this creates opportunities for businesses to find their own distributed energy solution.
A solution that leverages electricity markets, brings greater control over energy cost and assures electric supply even in an era of more powerful and more frequent storms.
Listen to our panel of energy experts discuss the evolution that is bringing customers greater control of their energy supply.
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Corporate Renewables 2.0: How the Evolving Energy Market Affects Your Business
Presented on 05/13/19
The market for corporate renewable energy is maturing. As it does, it introduces new considerations for companies to weigh as part of their overall energy procurement strategy. New providers, new products, and new opportunities mean more complexity and potential risk—even for experienced buyers.
In this webinar, we’ll examine how this evolution has the potential to impact your business. What do you need to consider when evaluating your renewable energy and clean technology choices in a 2.0 world?
Topics will include:
- How price parity in green and brown power is resulting in market convergence
- What product structures are emerging – and the considerations for each
- Why simple solutions are attractive – but not always the best for the buyer
Keys to building a solid business case for an energy management system
Presented on 04/11/19
Still on the fence about purchasing an Energy Management Information System to manage resource data? The time to act is now. According to the U.S. Department of Energy, an organization will see on average 4% reduction in energy use one year after installing an EMIS and an average of 19% in savings after 4 years.
You’ll walk away with a free ROI calculator to find your potential savings and creative ideas for getting budget for your next energy reduction project.
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Solving the 5 Biggest Challenges in Carbon and Energy Reporting
Presented on 03/14/19
Facing rising scrutiny from regulators and investors to demonstrate strong ESG performance, today’s businesses need access to reliable, comprehensive data on their portfolio-wide sustainability performance. However, capturing and reporting the data needed to satisfy these requirements is often easier said than done. Many organizations rely on a variety of independent standards and surveys and struggle to connect the dots and paint an accurate picture of their portfolio’s performance. Join us for a live webinar that will discuss the five biggest challenges in carbon and energy reporting—and how to solve them. During the session, we’ll review:
- The business case for increasing sustainability investments
- The five biggest challenges for reporting accurate sustainability performance
- Successful approaches that have solved those challenges even with limited resources
Speakers include Peter Perrault, SMCP, Sustainability Practice Lead, Global Customer Solutions,
Enel X
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Improving Profitability and Reducing Emissions with Energy Infrastructure-as-a-Service Programs
Presented on 02/28/19
Leading businesses have focused on energy efficiency for years as a method to reduce costs and maintain a competitive advantage. Many are now learning they can partner with others who will own, operate, and maintain their energy infrastructure enabling them to make valuable investments in core operations. Sound interesting?
Attend this webinar to learn what is driving leading companies to consider long-term energy infrastructure-as-a-service agreements to improve their profitability while reducing their carbon footprints. We’ll explore how they plan to utilize this new frontier for outsourcing to improve reliability, modernize systems, reduce costs, and meet their sustainability commitments.
The webinar will cover:
- Improving your infrastructure by removing single points of failure, replacing aged and inefficient equipment, and re-designing your systems to meet current needs.
- Moving the traditional point of service boundary from the “utility meter” to “inside the plant” including energy conversion and delivery assets such as boilers, chillers, air compressors, and electrical switchgear.
Speakers include George Plattenburg, strategic business development, Duke Energy One and Brian Walser, managing director, Walser Solutions Group.
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Dispatchable Dollars: How Demand Response Creates Revenue Opportunities for DER
Presented on 02/14/19
Distributed Energy Resources (DER), including storage, are proliferating the world of energy management in a big way. Today, these assets are primarily implemented to provide operational resilience and demand management; however, additional opportunities are rapidly evolving. As intelligent application of DER assets increases for commercial and government sectors, the opportunity to leverage these same assets into revenue generating channels also increases.
Through programs like demand response, your DER assets become vehicles for saving and earning, which increases ROI, shortens project payback periods or helps fund other energy projects, all while providing greater support for grid reliability.
Join DER and storage experts from CPower Energy Management and Stem to learn about:
- The evolution of DER as a mainstream asset
- Market drivers for DER growth and opportunity
- Planning intelligent DER and Demand Response integration
- How commercial orgs. have added 30-50% to the value of DER projects by using flexible infrastructure, such as storage, to participate in DR programs like DRAM in California
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The Evolving State of the 3Ds: Digitization, Decentralization, and Decarbonization
Presented on 11/14/18
The energy and sustainability landscape is rapidly evolving, and it’s important for businesses to adapt in order to be successful and competitive. This webinar, sponsored by ENGIE, provides an understanding of three main underlying forces, how they’ve impacted business over the last several years, and how businesses can leverage them to improve operations over the next two-to-five years.
- Digitization is access to more data than ever through IoT, connected buildings and more.
- Decentralization is the integration of renewables into the traditional energy portfolio.
- Decarbonization is about measuring, tracking, reducing and disclosing the impact of business on our planet, and how it is being woven into the fabric of business.
Speakers for this special video panel discussion include:
- Sara Law, vice president and head of global initiatives, CDP
- Vikram Kulkarni, vice president of sustainability solutions, ENGIE Resources
- Mike Kaplan, vice president of marketing, ENGIE Insight
- John Failla, founder & editorial director, Smart Energy Decisions
- Exclusive Research: The State of Corporate Renewable Energy Sourcing
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The State of Corporate Renewable Energy Sourcing
Presented on 11/08/18
Renewable energy sourcing is a complex process that takes time, stakeholder alignment and much planning. The second annual Smart Energy DecisionsRenewable Energy Sourcing Survey featuring responses from 113 billion-dollar organizations helps decouple all stages of the sourcing journey. Whether you're considering your first purchase or already have a diversified renewable energy portfolio, you'll gain useful insights from this important this webinar.
Webinar attendees will:
- Identify what stage they are at in the journey and benchmark their progress
- Understand the key drivers behind renewable energy sourcing
- Identify the key barriers that must be overcome to succeed
- Learn what partner groups are most active in working with corporate buyers
Speakers include:
- Ken Cowan, vice president, solutions sales and marketing, ENGIE North America
- John Failla, founder & editorial director, Smart Energy Decisions
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Buyer Aggregation – An Emerging Path for Renewable Energy Purchasers
Presented on 10/30/2018
This webinar, sponsored by EDF Renewables, will provide an overview of the emerging trend of buyer aggregation. Not every major energy buyer is able to take down a significant volume of renewable energy to secure the lowest pricing. Enter the aggregation model - where buyers combine their individual renewable energy goals to increase their overall buying power and tap into the price advantages of a large renewable energy purchase.
Attend this webinar to learn how leading buyers of renewables and utilities are creating opportunities for more buyers to source renewables. You’ll also learn how you can pursue an aggregated renewable energy purchase and gain an understanding of the challenges and keys to a successful collaboration.
Featured speakers include:
- Joby Carlson, director, global sustainability at Walmart
- Pete Nettles, renewable energy planning manager at Georgia Power.
- Caroline Mead, associate director of origination, EDF Renewables
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Keys to Selling Large Electric Power Customers
Presented on 10/14/18
How do you reach and influence large electric power customers - including commercial and industrial companies, cities and higher education - when they are looking for energy management solutions?
Successfully answering that question is the key to your success in 2019. Join Smart Energy Decisions for a webinar addressing what it takes to succeed on this critical issue.
Attendees to the webinar will learn:
- The 4 key questions large customers are wrestling with
- How to position your company as a trusted energy advisor
- Details on Smart Energy Decisions' supplier success programs
Trends in Community Solar w/an Update on Illinois
Presented on 10/04/2018
This webinar, sponsored by Clearway Energy Group, presents a discussion of community solar, one of the fastest-growing segments of the industry. The concept of subscribing to a neighborhood solar farm is appealing to both public and private entities where traditional behind-the-meter solar development is a challenge, especially with the strong economic value proposition that community solar generally presents. Attend this informative webinar to hear industry experts discuss the rapid growth in community solar and specific trends in active community solar markets, including:
- Differences across active community solar markets (Minnesota and Massachusetts)
- Evolution of the Massachusetts community solar market, currently in its 2nd iteration (SREC II -> SMART)
- An update on Illinois, a developing community solar market
For renewable energy buyers, community solar is an important opportunity that should be considered in creating your optimal energy portfolio.
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Presented on 09/19/2018
This webinar, sponsored by Urjanet, discusses how corporate energy managers can measure the overarching impact of enterprise-level energy management programs and drive continued value for the future.
Listen to this webinar to learn:
- How Arconic, a manufacturing company, centralized utility invoice data, whole building interval data, and real-time submeter data across 157 global locations to manage energy data from end-to-end
- What insights the combined power of invoice, interval, and submeter data has enabled, and the results they have realized
- Why invoice and interval data each serve distinct use cases and how they work together
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Go Green, Save Green, Earn Green
Presented on 08/28/2018
While environmental sustainability continues to grow as a central component of the commitment to addressing global climate change by universities and colleges, energy managers at these institutions face significant challenges.
In this webinar, CPower experts Leigh Anne Ratliff and Phil Ciulla reveal programs that empower campus energy and sustainability managers to "go green, save green, and earn green." Case studies explore how campus-wide energy efficiency programs can achieve cost-cutting and generate additional revenue.
Listen to this webinar to show the steps that universities and colleges can take now to help ensure a bright "green" future:
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Walmart's Project Gigaton - Driving RE in the supply chain
Presented on 07/11/2018
Walmart's Project Gigaton is a bold global initiative that best exemplifies the emerging dynamic of supply chain initiatives as an important growth engine for renewable energy sourcing.
This exclusive webinar features Joby Carlson, Walmart's global director of sustainable energy and operations, and Steve W. Chriss, director, energy and strategy analysis, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., in a discussion of Project Gigaton initiative, which has an objective to engage its suppliers in targeting the elimination of 1 gigaton of greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 from operations and supply chain activities.
The webinar also offers an overview of how this important topic will be a part of the upcoming Smart Energy Decisions Renewable Energy Sourcing Forum taking place, October 1-3 in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.
Attend this webinar to gain insights on how industry leaders are expanding adoption of renewable energy sourcing in their supply chains:
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Leverage Your Generator Assets to Generate Revenue
Presented on 06/27/2018
This webinar, sponsored by CPower, shows how your emergency generation—EG—is both a reliability asset and a revenue generator. EG provides a great opportunity to earn revenue and save on energy costs through demand response (DR) and demand management programs.
The path from emergency generation to revenue generation, though, may seem like a complex, confusing, and occasionally contradictory thicket of state and local environmental regulations. Few organizations fully understand the scope and intricacies of EG regulation, which often results in misinformation, missteps, and missed revenue opportunities.
Attend this webinar to learn best practices in monetizing EG assets based on the experience of hundreds of organizations. The webinar will cover everything today’s energy managers and engineers need to to know to maximize the benefits of their EG portfolio.
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Reducing Costs and Generating Revenue with Energy Storage
Presented on 05/15/2018
This webinar, sponsored by EDF Renewables, explores a new side of batteries, turning what was once the uncontrollable and perpetually increasing expense of utility bills into a competitive operational advantage and revenue generating asset.
The dramatic decreases in battery prices combined with sophisticated predictive software have made energy storage a powerful tool in allowing facility managers to manage, forecast, and reduce energy costs, which has become a corporate level priority for many fortune 500 companies.
Learn how facility managers can now leverage battery’s hardware and software in combination with third-party financing to turn what was an expense into an asset.
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The Future of Energy Management at The Ohio State University
Presented on 04/25/2018
This webinar, sponsored by ENGIE, discusses integrated energy solutions at The Ohio State University. OSU's quest to advance visionary sustainability objects has provided a first-of-its-kind energy solution, enhancing the university’s academic mission while reducing energy costs, furthering environmental commitments, and ensuring reliable supply.
This one- hour session sheds light on this unique $1.165 billion public-private partnership contracted under a 50-year integrated solutions agreement for the following services: utility system management, supply procurement assistance, development and implementation of sustainability programs, and investment in academic collaboration.
Learn about key challenges and opportunities as well as how businesses in other industries can benefit from this pioneering model for sustainability in a similar regard.
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A Buyer's Guide to the Renewable Energy Landscape in 2018
Presented on 03/14/2018
With the dust settled on the fast and furious renewable energy policy agenda that began in late 2017, corporate buyers should take stock of the changes that will guide the industry and impact their opportunities in 2018.
This webinar, sponsored by NRG, discusses the implications of tax reform, including changes that could impact existing and future project returns, as well as an overview of the latest trends in the wholesale market with an eye towards regulatory, economic, and contractual structures that are driving growth in large-scale wind and solar PPAs, despite the headwinds.
Whether you are considering your first renewable energy purchase, have recently signed contracts, or are in the midst of procurement, you will find this conversation valuable and timely.
Participants include:
- John Marciano of Akin Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld LLP on tax reform & renewable energy project economics
- John Woody, VP of business development at NRG Renewables
- John Failla (moderator), founder and editorial director of Smart Energy Decisions
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Changing the Energy Management Landscape of Commercial Real Estate
Presented on 02/21/2018
This webinar, sponsored by CPower, starts with the idea that managing energy demand for commercial real estate properties is a blend of art and science. The science has changed dramatically in the last 10 years, resulting in a dramatically expanding palette of tools that facility and energy manager can use to practice their artistry.
Michael Mindell, National Account Executive with CPower Energy Management, and Gregg Fischer, P.E., Director of Energy Systems at Tishman Speyer, join Smart Energy Decisions moderator John Failla to explore the following topics related to the dramatic changes taking place:
- How energy-savvy customers are driving changes in transparency in charges and billing
- How the Internet of Things is changing how energy and facility managers talk about energy efficiency
- How AI solutions like predictive analytics can support--but will never replace--the human experience
While the core business objectives of reducing energy demand and costs remain the same, the strategies and tools for achieving these objectives and rapidly changing. Listen to this webinar to gain actionable insights on the changing energy landscape of commercial real estate.
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Microgrid-as-a-Service: A New Approach to Solve Resiliency, Efficiency, Sustainability Challenges
Presented on 01/24/2018
This webinar, sponsored by Schneider Electric, discusses how large commercial, industrial, campus, municipal, district, and institutional players can benefit from a “Microgrid-as-a-Service” business model approach to stabilize their long-term energy costs and upgrade critical energy infrastructure without up-front capital.
Schneider Electric along with Duke Energy Renewables developed a unique “Microgrid-as-a-Service” approach for Montgomery County, Maryland, to finance multiple Distributed Energy Resources (DERs), build two advanced microgrids, and support critical infrastructure upgrades, with no up-front capital.
Among the issues faced by Montgomery County (and many other large facilities):
- Critical public safety facilities need 24/7 resilient power to ensure operational integrity
- The cost of Infrastructure Modernization is a concern for any organization
- The cost of electrical energy and heat needs to be stable over the long term for fiscal budget
- Some organizations are credit-worthy, but Charter requirements limit the amount of debt
- Non-profit organizations may require third-party ownership to realize Tax Incentives
This industry-leading approach allows the partnership to focus on solving the issues faced by many large facilities: Energy resiliency, infrastructure modernization, long-term stable energy cost, and third-party ownership, operation, maintenance, and financing.
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Knocking on the utilities' door – a closer look at green tariffs
Presented on 11/02/2017
As commercial and industrial companies increasingly commit to corporate sustainability goals, the executives responsible for energy and sustainability management are faced with a variety of alternatives for increasing their use of renewable energy. One of the most appealing choices is to continue to procure energy from their incumbent utility through a green tariff. But this isn’t always cut and dried. In most markets, green tariffs are still not available. In those markets where they are, the value proposition may not be compelling or the terms could be a challenge.
Attend this webinar to learn how leading corporate buyers of renewables and their utility partners are working within green tariff frameworks. Where are these available? Where might they emerge? What are the challenges? And how to work in successful partnership under green tariffs.
Jacob Susman, VP & Head of Origination, EDF Renewable Energy, will interview Steve Chriss, Director, Energy and Strategy Analysis, Walmart Stores, and Don Ford, Director-Renewable Business Solutions, Westar Energy, on these and related topics.
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Reinventing renewable energy procurement for C&I companies
Presented on 01/31/2017
This webinar, sponsored by Altenex, explores current renewable energy purchasing options for commercial and industrial companies and digs into how Iron Mountain has implemented a multi-element renewables portfolio.
The commercial and industrial renewable energy market has grown dramatically in recent years as dozens of corporate and institutional buyers have executed power purchase agreements with renewable energy projects. But for all of the successes in this market, two substantial obstacles are challenging further growth as many companies:
- Are uncomfortable with the 15-20 year commitments most PPAs require
- Don’t have the energy demand to offtake +100 megawatt (MW) projects
Until now, those organizations have been excluded from renewable sourcing or have faced with complicated, slow-moving aggregation projects. An innovative new model in renewable sourcing, PowerBloks, squarely addresses those issues, opening the U.S. renewables market to new participants and providing experienced buyers a new flexibility as they build out their renewables portfolios.
In this webinar, you'll learn:
- Why these two major obstacles have prevented hundreds of corporate buyers from sourcing renewable energy
- How the innovative PowerBloks structure addresses these challenges
- How Iron Mountain has implemented a multi-element renewables portfolio
- How to identify renewables procurement options that will best meet your needs
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The $80B energy savings opportunity for commercial and industrial energy users
Presented on 12/13/2016
This webinar, sponsored by Edison Energy, examines how it is that commercial and industrial organizations in the U.S. spend an estimated $260 billion on electricity and natural gas every year, and the potential to reduce that amount by up to $80 billion, a whopping 30% reduction on an annual basis.
ENERActive Solutions Regional Vice President Saverio Grosso and Menlo Energy Economics President Fereidoon P. Sioshansi, Ph.D. discuss areas where commercial and industrial organizations can start saving some of that $80 billion by changing the way they use energy.
The program concludes with a look at a new business model, "energy-as-a-service," that redefines the relationship organizations have with energy to help them develop holistic energy programs that will achieve the goal of reaching their energy savings goals.
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How Procter & Gamble is using offsite renewables to achieve sustainability goals
Presented on 12/05/2016
As commercial and industrial companies increasingly commit to corporate sustainability goals, the executives responsible for energy and sustainability management at those companies are challenged to chart a path to success. One result of that challenge is that 2015 marked the first time corporate offtake agreements exceeded utility offtake agreements in the U.S. wind industry.
In this webinar, sponsored by EDF Renewables, Procter & Gamble global climate and energy leader Steve Skarda discusses why his company turned to an offsite wind project in support of their sustainability goals.
You'll learn about the project they engaged with and how it will deliver 96 MW of its output to P&G, and see how this one project will provide enough renewable electricity to offset 100% of the conventional electricity usage of P&G's Fabric & Home Care plants in the U.S. and Canada, where iconic brands such as Tide, Gain, Downy, Dawn, Cascade, Febreze, and Mr. Clean are produced.
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GM's road to 100% renewable energy
Presented on 10/18/2016
More than 80 major corporations including Apple, Bank of America, Coca-Cola and Facebook have made a commitment to source 100% of their energy from renewable sources by 2050. These commitments are fueling a wave of commercial development and procurement of renewable power from both solar and wind projects.
One of the most recent commitments to 100% renewable power comes from General Motors. As a major global industrial company, their commitment is particularly meaningful.
In this webinar, presented by Altenex, you'll hear from GM Global Manager of Renewable Energy Rob Threlkeld about:
- GM's journey sourcing renewable power and where they are headed
- Keys to success in sourcing renewable energy
- The format of a proven power purchase agreement template now available to the industry on an open-source basis
