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In this episode of Smart Energy Voices, host John Failla talks with Daren Kaiser, Global Energy Strategy Leader - General Mills, at the recent Distributed Energy Forum. They discuss the unique challenges related to General Mills’ ambitious decarbonization goals and the tactics Daren is employing to deliver against its sustainability commitments, such as energy optimization and CHP solutions. Listen in to hear more about industrial decarbonization strategies.

Evoqua Water Technologies announced goals to reduce its operational footprint by increasing the amount of recycling and the reuse of water in its facilities by 2035 and reach net-zero GHG emissions by 2050.

Tobacco company Altria Group, Inc. announced its first standalone Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) report.

Daimler Truck AG and TotalEnergies signed an agreement on their joint commitment to the decarbonization of road freight in the European Union.

BASF, the German chemicals company, and Ørsted signed a 25-year fixed-price corporate power purchase agreement.

Dutch grocery retail company Ahold Delhaize and its brands announced it will commit to reach net-zero carbon emissions across their operations (Scopes 1 and 2) by no later than 2040 .

New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced the availability of $5 million for a second round of pilot projects under the $30 million RetrofitNY program to improve energy efficiency in affordable housing units.

Purdue University engineers invented a new, patent-pending charging station cable that would fully recharge certain electric vehicles in under five minutes or about the same amount of time it takes to fill up a gas tank.

General Motors announced Nov. 9 that it is expanding its EV fast-charging network across the U.S.

Baker Hughes announced it will purchase a 20% stake in Ekona Power to help advance new project development and commercialization such as producing cleaner and lower cost turquoise hydrogen, manufacturing hydrogen with drastically lower carbon dioxide.