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The major risk your business may be overlooking

For some companies, energy can be the second or third most expensive line item in their overall budget, but too often, executives don’t view energy as a strategic asset that…

Renewable Energy Impact v. Additionality: How and Why PPAs Matter

While additionality has become a key buzzword for corporate renewable energy buyers looking to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, help create new renewables on the grid, and tell a compelling…

What is Walmart’s Project Gigaton?

What is Walmart’s Project Gigaton? If you haven’t heard about it yet, you will, especially if you are a Walmart supplier. Launched earlier this year, Project Gigaton is a sustainability…

Leveraging Innovative Contract Structuring to Reduce Price Risk in Renewable Energy Procurement

Americans who buy Honda cars manufactured in Ohio, Indiana, and Alabama may appreciate knowing that Honda just bought enough electricity from wind and solar projects to offset 100% of the…

Is Southern California’s Gas Volatility a Preview for Others?

Being on the leading edge of anything can have both benefits and drawbacks, especially in energy markets. The state of California has a storied history of breaking ground in both…

Risk, Economics and Sustainability: General Mills Creating New Wind Renewable Energy

On June 8, General Mills announced the signing of a 15-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Renewable Energy Systems (RES) for 100-megawatts (MW) of its Cactus Flats wind project. Altenex,…

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Howard University — Addressing Climate Change While Stabilizing Energy Budgets

The largest collegiate on-site solar implementation in Washington D.C. is taking shape at historic Howard University, with a plan for multiple rooftop arrays to be installed across its campuses. While…

Setting the Standard for Sustainability; New Spider Solar Project Puts University of Richmond on Fast Track to Carbon Neutrality

Eden Solar, a 336 acre solar project located near Norman, North Carolina developed and operated by sPower. Spider Solar will span 130 acres. Image courtesy of sPower. Richmond, VA –…

What is Real Savings When It Comes to Energy Expenses?

Recently my wife and daughter came home with several bags of newly purchased items after a fun day of shopping. After pretending to be interested in each fashion forward piece…

How the Changing Oil & Gas Price Correlation is Impacting Regional Production

For decades, onshore production out of the “Big Three” states of Texas, Louisiana and Oklahoma has made up the majority (75-80%) of domestic U.S. oil production. However, as Appalachia gas…

How to Accelerate Your Transportation Electrification Journey – Develop a Plan

In the last post in our Transportation Electrification Series, we talked about how corporate sustainability is driving fleet electrification – and how transitioning to electric vehicles (EVs) provides a…