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At a General Motors Co. assembly plant in Arlington, Texas, that will soon be powered entirely with wind power, the American Wind Energy Association released its fourth quarter 2016 market report and sought to position the renewable energy source as all-American solution for U.S. businesses.

Despite a last-minute attempt by state legislators to halt it, North Carolina's first commercial-scale wind farm, the 300-MW Amazon Wind Farm U.S. East, is now fully operational.

Sun Chemical, one of the world's largest producers of printing inks and pigments, has turned to renewable energy to save an estimated $400,000 in electricity costs at one of its production facilities in New Jersey.

Large corporate energy buyers are hoping the third time's a charm for a Missouri bill that aims to allow them to sign power purchase agreements for renewables from parties other than their utility.

Two large Detroit-area energy users have expressed interest in a new program being offered to business and residential customers of DTE Energy that allows them to increase their use of wind and solar energy in 5% increments up to 100%.

This webinar, sponsored by Altenex, explores current renewable energy purchasing options for commercial and industrial companies and digs into how Iron Mountain has implemented a multi-element renewables portfolio.

Three new companies have signed onto the Corporate Renewable Energy Buyers' Principles, a framework intended to help businesses advance their purchasing of clean energy from the grid.

An updated agenda and confirmed list of speakers, including energy executives from Bloomberg LP, General Motors Co. and Procter and Gamble Co., is now available for the Smart Energy Decisions Innovation Summit.

Apple announced Jan. 25 that it reached an agreement with Nevada utility NV Energy to build 200 MW of additional solar energy in the state by early 2019.

In this Smart Energy Decisions exclusive, Steve Skarda, Procter & Gamble's global climate and energy leader, discusses the company's decision to align its energy management and climate goals, and how its strategy for pursuing renewable energy has evolved over time.