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In this episode of Smart Energy Voices, Savannah Goodman, Data and Software Climate Solutions Lead at Google, talks about Google's ambitious 24/7 carbon-free energy goal and the innovative tools Google is developing to decarbonize not only its operations but also to influence the broader energy grid. She reveals their use of Time-Based Energy Attribute Certificates (T-EACs) and how this technology can change the procurement of energy across all industries and deliver clean energy to the grid in times and places where it’s needed.

Walmart announced the retailer will invest in 74 solar landscape community solar projects in Maryland and Illinois.

The Gila River Indian Community Governor announced energy was generated from an innovative solar over canals project funded by the Inflation Reduction Act.

The City of Beaverton announced achieving a significant milestone in its commitment to a more sustainable future by adding a hydropower turbine at a pump station.

The PPD clinical research business of Thermo Fisher Scientific plans to adopt sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), a drop-in fuel that can be used in most conventional aircraft to lower emissions from air transportation.

Utah Governor Spencer Cox announced Operation Gigawatt, an initiative to double Utah’s power production over the next 10 years.

The Field Guide to Decarbonization Planning offers a roadmap for organizations to reduce their facilities’ carbon footprint. This white paper from Ameresco provides practical solutions for facility owners and operators, covering climate action, setting net zero goals, gaining efficiency, shifts in thermal energy and renewable electricity, and assembling a decarbonization plan.

Tech company Google signed a 12-year power purchase agreement to purchase renewable energy from a 435-megawatt (MWdc) solar project.

Persistent Systems, a global digital engineering solutions company, announced that it achieved carbon neutrality for Scope 1 (direct emissions) and Scope 2 (indirect emissions) across its global operations for FY23-24 a year ahead of schedule.

Northam Platinum Holdings Limited, a Johannesburg-based mining company, announced the successful finalization of a power purchase agreement (PPA) with an independent power producer (IPP) for an 80-MW solar power plant to service its Zondereinde operation.