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

How do you quantify the value of a microgrid, which is essentially an insurance policy? You're ensuring that your facility doesn't go down or have an outage. How much is an outage really worth and how do you value that? In this age of Covid-19, the pressure to fulfill commitments still remains high. Investor pressure remains high. Project goals remain in place. But the financing is no longer available. What should customers be looking at and exploring in the interest of managing this dilemma? Listen to this episode of Smart Energy Voices to hear how Matthew Walters, Head of Distributed Energy Systems, Americas at SIEMENS tackles it from a holistic approach.

A local craft meadery in Vermont announced Nov. 5 that it is officially powering all its operations with renewable natural gas.

All county-owned facilities in Dane County, Wis., are soon to be run on 100% renewable power once a 16.5 MW solar field comes online.

The Shelter Creek Condominiums in San Bruno, Calif., will begin generating its own onsite power with a new 2.5 MW rooftop solar installation that was completed this week.

A group made up of the four biggest fleet operators in the United Kingdom formed a coalition urging the government to commit to 100% electric vehicle sales by 2030.

Richland County School District in South Carolina announced Oct. 30 that it will be using an energy savings performance contract (ESPC) for efficiency upgrades that will save the district more than $28 million in energy costs over 20 years.

Small- and medium-sized commercial and industrial facilities in Alberta, Canada, will soon have the opportunity to take advantage of a $55 million fund from the government for energy efficiency upgrades.

A task force developed in a collaboration between the Fairfax County Government and Fairfax County Public Schools in Northern Virginia is advocating for the county’s adoption of a goal to achieve carbon neutrality in its government and school operations by 2040.

The Estee Lauder Companies announced Nov. 2 that it has achieved its two targets of net zero emissions and sourcing 100% renewable electricity globally for its direct operations.