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Nestle announced Dec. 9 that it will be the sole tax equity investor for a new 250 MW solar project in Texas, from which it will purchase 100% of the renewable electricity attributes generated by the project’s energy production.

Extra Space Storage will be developing solar energy systems at 30 additional properties following the signing of contracts with a project developer.

The Town of Windsor in California will cover 90% of the energy needs of its water reclamation plant with power from a 1.78 MW floating solar project.

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

With the addition of wind and solar energy to ERCOT’s energy mix, the influence of weather is even greater in determining the cost and availability of electrical power, as well as making long-term forecasting more difficult. This NRG blog provides insight into ERCOT’S forecast for this summer and the actual events that happened on the grid. Learn more about how your businesses can plan for the new grid reality.

Novartis announced Nov. 19 that it will become the first pharmaceutical company to achieve 100% renewable electricity in its European operations through VPPAs following the completion of five such agreements with three developers.

Microsoft announced Nov. 19 the execution of the first-ever Peace Renewable Energy Credit (P-REC) transaction, which will aid the development of a new 1.3 MW solar-plus-storage project in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

AT&T and Honda are contracted to be the leading offtakers from what will be the largest solar generation facility in the United States once it is completed.

STAG Industrial announced Nov. 12 the installation of two solar installations in Illinois and Massachusetts that have a combined capacity of 3.5 MW.