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

The City of Milpitas announced May 20 that construction started on a broad Smart City energy and water savings program expected to reduce utility consumption by more than 4.2 million kilowatt-hours of electricity per year and save more than $1.5 million for a lifetime savings of over $30 million. 

Berry Global Group announced May 18 an investment into a solar project that will cover the electricity use of its Spanish operations.

A new solar facility that will provide Facebook with 110 MW of energy to be used in its data center operations in Gallatin, Tenn., is on its way to be one of the state's largest solar farms.

A solar garden with enough photovoltaic (PV) energy to power 200 households each year is being built by a partnership joining the Housing Authority for the City of Pueblo (HACP) Colorado, with Johnson Controls, GRID Alternatives Colorado, and Capital Dyamics.

The first six of up to 23 community solar projects in New York commissioned by Starbucks Coffee Company are now up and running, representing some of the first such community solar projects in the state.

The City of Cleveland, Ohio, is moving forward with a plan to install solar panels at 15 sites around the city to provide power to city-owned buildings and save more than $1.1 million in electricity costs over 25 years.

JBS Foods USA in Illinois is saving approximately $250,000 a year in energy costs because of its solar projects funded through the state's C-PACE program.

Thanks to three large solar projects, Hawaii Island – also known as the Big Island - may be the first in the state to hit 100% of its renewable energy goal, hitting that mark by 2023 and reaching 110% by 2024, according to the Hawaiian Electric Company.

Construction of solar canopies is underway at three downtown Long Beach, California, public parking locations. This project is the first of two phases for the City of Long Beach's solar energy PPA with PFMG Solar Long Beach, LLC, which will place a total of 10 solar installations at various public facilities throughout Long Beach.