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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.

Microsoft committed to being carbon negative by 2030 and removing all the carbon it has emitted either directly or by electrical consumption since 1975 before 2050 in a report released Jan. 16.

It's the weekend! Kick back and catch up with these must-read articles from around the web.

Battery storage is still in its infancy, especially in northern states, though there are signs of traction. In this white paper, EDF Renewables notes that new developments are creating excitement for the prospects of grid reliability with increasing renewable penetration.

Building on the popularity of its initial three-episode release, Smart Energy Decisions continues its podcast series with three new episodes of Beyond the Meter, featuring guests from The Home Depot, AT&T, and Duke Energy.

Chevron Corporation set a goal to reduce its upstream oil net GHG emission intensity by 5 -10% and upstream natural gas net GHG emission intensity by 2 - 5% from before 2023.

Massachusetts and California were recognized as leaders in energy efficiency, followed by Maryland as the most-improved, under the 2019 State Energy Efficiency Scorecard released by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy.

This webinar, sponsor by NRG Energy, explores how the evolution of distributed energy has been elevated by software intelligence, multi-faceted systems, and expanded capabilities - creating opportunities for businesses to find their own DER solution.