Pine Gate Renewables, a fully-integrated utility-scale solar development company, has closed financing on a new 12-project fund of solar and solar+storage sites in North Carolina. The projects in the fund will sell power under long-term contracts to Duke Energy Progress, Duke Energy Carolinas and Halifax EMC. Crestmark, a division of MetaBank, provided the construction … [Read more...] about Pine Gate Closes on North Carolina Solar, Solar+Storage Projects
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PepsiCo Unveils Sustainability Strategy to Achieve Net-Zero Emissions
PepsiCo Inc. has unveiled plans to more than double its science-based climate goal, targeting a reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across its value chain by more than 40% by 2030. In addition, the company has pledged to achieve net-zero emissions by 2040, one decade earlier than called for in the Paris Agreement. PepsiCo’s sustainability strategy, informed … [Read more...] about PepsiCo Unveils Sustainability Strategy to Achieve Net-Zero Emissions
EMC Develops Process to Print Transparent Conductors on Flexible Glass
Energy Materials Corp. (EMC), a company that specializes in the development of high-speed roll-to-roll manufacturing of solar energy panels, has developed an enabling process to print transparent conductors as part of the scale-up of its inline manufacturing process. EMC says roll-to-roll printing of metal conductors on Corning Willow Glass (flexible glass) at 60 meters per … [Read more...] about EMC Develops Process to Print Transparent Conductors on Flexible Glass
ENGIE Adds 2 GW of Renewables to North American Portfolio
ENGIE North America, a company that helps customers decarbonize, decentralize and digitalize their operations, has added nearly 2 GW of renewable energy to the U.S. in 2020 as part of its commitment to deliver 9 GW of renewable energy capacity globally between 2019 and 2021. ENGIE says the six grid-scale wind projects and two grid-scale solar projects contributed to the … [Read more...] about ENGIE Adds 2 GW of Renewables to North American Portfolio
Firestone Walker Brewing Taps Solar to Power Operations
Duke Energy and Firestone Walker Brewing Co. have completed one of the largest on-site solar arrays in the craft beer industry – a 2.1 MW solar array and 281 kW solar carport on approximately 10 acres in Paso Robles, Calif. “REC Solar and Duke Energy Renewables have been solid partners throughout this process,” says David Walker, co-owner of Firestone Walker … [Read more...] about Firestone Walker Brewing Taps Solar to Power Operations