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Mercury Marine, the Fond du Lac, Wisc.-based marine propulsion and technology company, announced it is making progress towards a 2019 goal to reduce annual energy consumption by 45% from a 2005 baseline. In the past year, the company reduced energy consumption by 5%, for a cumulative decline of 38% since 2005.

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Nestlé Waters North America announced on Nov. 8 the commencement of operation of a third wind turbine at its water bottling facility in Cabazon, California. This week also marks the six anniversary of the groundbreaking of the first two turbines at this location.

"Kohler's journey in RE sourcing" is the latest in a series of presentations from the Smart Energy Decisions Fall Renewable Energy Sourcing Forum.

Volvo Trucks will deploy its first electrified trucks in North American out of warehouses in Southern California.

Washburn University has signed a 20-year wind PPA with Westar Energy to purchase 4 MW of energy from a new 300 MW wind farm in northeast Kansas.

The Westfield Topanga & The Village, a leading retail destination in California’s San Fernando Valley, now features more than 4 megawatts of solar capacity from nearly 15,000 panels, projected to reduce CO2 emissions by more than 4,900 metric tons in its first year of operation.

Facebook’s new data center, currently under construction in Huntsville, Alabama, will be powered with 100% renewable energy via the combined 377-megawatt output from two solar installations to be built in Tennessee and Alabama as the largest in each state.