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Announced it has sourced enough clean electricity to power 100% of its European operations. This comes after the completion of a 30 MW windfarm project by Low Carbon, which through a virtual power purchase agreement, will supply 100GWh of electricity annually. This brings Ecolab’s global renewable electricity sourcing to 80%. PR »
Announced an effort to work together and Nucor to develop new business models and aggregate their demand for advanced clean electricity technologies. They aim to accelerate development of first-of-a-kind or early commercial projects, such as advanced nuclear, next generation geothermal, and clean hydrogen. Their first step is issuing a request for information (RFI) in the U.S. for potential projects. There will be informational sessions on the RFI on 26 March at 2pm ET and 3 April at 3pm ET. PR »
Signed a 15-year electricity agreement with EDP Renewables North America and Volt Energy Utility to purchase electricity and renewable energy credits from the new Hickory Solar Park under development. The agreement uses an Environmental Justice Power Purchase Agreement form (developed by Microsoft and Volt Energy) to make clean energy investments in rural and urban communities disproportionately impacted by environmental injustices and behind in benefiting from a clean energy economy. PR »