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Most of us live day to day in our city of choice without giving much thought to the infrastructure and services that living in the city provides. But when a natural disaster or outage happens, we immediately recognize that vitally important things were going on behind the scenes that we benefit from directly. This episode of Beyond the Meter highlights the steps the city of Greensboro, NC has taken to begin its “Smart City” initiative, including several renewable energy approaches. You’ll enjoy hearing from three officials from the city of Greensboro and how their varied roles provide unique looks at the challenges of becoming a Smart City.

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

With climate imperatives and corporate ambition growing, energy and sustainability leads have become key players in reducing their organization's carbon emissions and transitioning to decarbonized supply. In this white paper, CustomerFirst Renewables shows how these leads can achieve superhero status by maximizing value and savings that can support their organization and help fund sustainability and other critical initiatives.

D.C. United announced Sept. 9 that they completed the installation of a 627.8 kW solar array on the canopies and rooftop of their home field, Audi Field, in Washington, D.C.

Sony Corporation released Sept. 10 their Green Management 2025 plan, which includes medium-term targets to serve as milestones along their path toward a zero environmental footprint by 2050.

Boeing announced Sept. 10 that they entered into an agreement with a 100 MW solar plant that will cover about 25% of the electricity needs of their Mesa, Ariz., site for the next 15 years.

In this episode of Smart Energy Voices, two “dinosaurs in the industry” Peter Kelly-Detweiler and Greg Kosier — former colleagues at Constellation with nearly 50 years in the industry between them — talk about how buyers manage their energy risk in terms of legacy buying, the way it used to be done, and today’s renewable power purchase agreements. There’s a wealth of knowledge to be gained when you have the chance to listen in on a conversation between people who have been in the industry as long as these gentlemen have. Make sure you tune in and consume all the wisdom they have offered up.

Walmart announced Sept. 10 their newest project, the Gigaton PPA Program, which will provide the superstore giant’s U.S.-based suppliers with increased access to renewable energy opportunities.

The U.S. Army announced Sept. 3 that it will be implementing power generation and facility efficiency improvements at Fort Bragg through a utility energy service contract.

Smart Energy Decisions announces that the 6th Renewable Energy Sourcing Forum will shift into Virtual mode and take place December 7-11, 2020.