Commercial

Desert Garden United Church of Christ (UCC) in Arizona added solar panels to lower its energy costs.

SATO Holdings Corporation announced that its subsidiary, SATO Vietnam Co., Ltd., is transitioning to 100% renewable energy through the implementation of International Renewable Energy Certificates (I-RECs).

Microsoft announced a new multi-year agreement to deploy up to 100 megawatts of renewable energy projects over the next three years in historically underinvested communities in Louisiana and Arkansas.

Tech company Amazon announced the addition of solar power in Mississippi.

Hawaiʻi Island Retreat, a 20-room eco-boutique sustainable hotel, operates on 100% onsite renewable energy generation from solar photovoltaic, solar thermal, a wind turbine, and a battery energy storage system and an emergency generator. In a case study from Better Buildings, learn more about the hotel's journey to operate completely off-grid — including project development, evolution, costs and community benefits.

Two automotive manufacturers, Honda Motor and Tesla, signed agreements through virtual power purchase agreements (VPPAs) for solar energy.

Telecommunications company Verizon signed agreements for four new virtual power purchase agreements (VPPA) totaling 640 MW of power.

Amazon announced a new power purchase agreement development for 100 MW of a renewable energy project.

Avery Dennison, a global materials science and digital identification solutions company,  signed a 10-year virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) for the 44-MWdc Las Rozas solar plant in Spain.

Tech company Microsoft added three solar projects in Illinois and Texas that will provide clean energy supporting the company’s sustainability and carbon reduction goals.