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The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) announced Jan. 27 that it will soon be installing a renewable energy microgrid and EV charging system to support its transition to a 100% zero-emission bus fleet by 2036.

General Motors Co. announced an investment of over $7 billion in four Michigan manufacturing sites to significantly increase battery cell and electric truck manufacturing capacity.

Prince Edward Island (PEI) Energy Corporation will add a 10 MW solar facility at the Slemon Park Microgrid project.

Six lithium ion battery storage units are part of the Sacramento Municipal Utility District’s (SMUD) goal to achieve zero carbon emissions by 2030. 

Smart Energy Decisions announces the dates for its 2022 events schedule, which will include the Innovation Summit, summer and winter editions of the Renewable Energy Forum and the debut of the Net Zero Forum.

GM announced new commercial applications of its HYDROTEC fuel cell technology, currently in development to power heavy-duty trucks, aerospace and locomotives, to go beyond vehicles for power generation..

ADM, a nutrition and agricultural origination and processing company, announced it signed a letter of intent to pave the pathway toward further decarbonization of ADM’s footprint via the construction of a pipeline.

Results of the 2021 State of Distributed Energy Resources Study, conducted by Smart Energy Decisions in partnership with NRG Energy, show that interest and implementation of DERs continues to grow due to their proliferating benefits, from cost savings and increased resilience to emissions tracking and reductions.

The cruise division of MSC Group announced it plans to launch the first cruise ship operating on solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) technology to lower carbon emissions.