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Energy transformation and sustainability economies are set to be the biggest focus in the energy and environment industry in the coming year as the industry evolves to face new challenges, a new report found.

The challenge of harmonizing opposing forces should be familiar to corporate energy managers. As this presentation from Calpine notes, for years, they have been tasked with balancing the yin of fragmented market rules and extreme price volatility with the yang of disciplined governance and management practices.

We continue our series of video presentations from the recent Distributed Energy Forum with "The Future of the Grid is Distributed." In this conversation, Doug Sansom, Director, DER Sales, NRG, explains that distributed energy resources are essential for success because customers want control over the cost of energy, they want reliability and they want choice. Furthermore, access to cost-efficient energy is a business necessity. These reasons, combined with new lower-cost technology, are driving capital spending for DERs.

Many of today’s commercial and industrial facilities seek smart, scalable plans for the energy transition. This white paper from Shell Energy outlines four strategies that businesses can take now to start greening their operations on the path to long-term decarbonization. Download this report to learn about practical, forward-thinking sustainability solutions for businesses and enterprises.

Smart Energy Decisions is proud to present a 2020 Virtual Innovation Summit keynote presentation from David Reid, Global Energy and Productivity Leader at Celanese.

The Port of Seattle Commission announced April 15 that they approved a contract that will enable the Port to achieve its goal of reducing emissions by 50% before 2030 almost a decade early.

The 2020 Innovation Summit expands its roster of speakers and announces its first wave of supplier sponsors as it gears up for the start of the event on March 9-11 at the Houstonian Hotel in Houston. Focusing on “ The Future of Energy Management, the Innovation Summit is designed to help energy and sustainability executives from large electric power users build and execute their energy management strategies.

This replay of the first episode of Beyond the Meter explores the renewable energy outlook with guests from Bloomberg NEF and Duke Energy Renewables. The discussion offers a broad overview of the current state of the renewable energy industry, the challenges currently being addressed, and an optimistic perspective relating to what can be done to make renewable energy more available and useful in the future.