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This white paper, presented by Schneider Electric, outlines the role of microgrids as an emerging energy ecosystem that provides practical answers to current energy challenges.

A Wynn Resorts hotel and casino in development at Boston Habor is reportedly working with a number of partners on plans to implement an energy storage project that will complement two cogeneration plants, rooftop solar and LED lighting.

From General Motors to Dyson, manufacturers have made three major electric vehicle announcements - and billions in investment - in the past week.

Following the Sept. 29 proposal from U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission move to increase compensation for generators providing baseload power supplies such as coal and nuclear, a group of 11 energy industry associations have filed their formal opposition to the request.

The Cornell Tech campus on Roosevelt Island features a combined 850-kW solar PV installation, the largest in Manhattan, alongside a variety of site-specific strategies and technologies to reduce energy demand.

For a skyscraper in the heart of the city the never sleeps, the importance of efficiently managing energy is hard to understate, particularly in light of new mandates from city hall for building owners to make sharp greenhouse gas reductions.

Utilizing recently installed backup power systems, San Antonio-based grocery store chain H-E-B has been able to keep many of its Houston-area stores open and able to offer disaster relief in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey.

Part of its ongoing effort integrate sustainable energy solutions into its business, IKEA on Aug. 30 announced plans to deploy electric vehicle charging stations at its new store in Jacksonville, Fla. 

In announcing a new sustainability strategy with targets that run through 2025, Molson Coors Brewing Co. detailed its efforts to reduce carbon emissions and increase its use of cleaner energy sources, including investment in anaerobic digestion projects that recover biogas.