An earlier version of this article was posted at perspectives.se.com. As retailers look to reduce their environmental footprint and grow renewable energy investments, staying up to date on the ever-changing renewables procurement landscape can be challenging. In this blog, we explore the retail opportunity for onsite renewable energy. We’ll explore trends from the EPA’s recent […]
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How Should Companies Get Started with Setting Carbon Reduction Goals?
Hear Peter Swank answer this question in a clip from the December 2022 member webinar.
Your Decarbonization Journey: Goals, Planning, & Action (Webinar Recording)
This webinar was recorded on December 15, 2022. The panelists were Julio Morales and Pete Lundquist from North Star Clean Energy and Peter Swank from Schneider Electric.
December Update: The Impact of the IRA
The Inflation Reduction Act is the largest clean energy investment in American history and aims to reduce the costs and barriers to developing and deploying renewable energy. The act also supports the goal of reducing economy-wide emissions by 40% in the United States by 2030. While the Inflation Reduction Act will likely have a positive […]
What is Battery Storage?
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What is Distributed Generation?
Long ago, when countries were building infrastructure to provide electricity to the general public, it was decided that large-scale, decentralized power generation with long-range transmission lines was the most suitable approach. This decision was reached after much debate and discussion, which can be read about in several books. Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla were some […]
What are Scope 1 Emissions?
As organizations seek to meet the tall order of decarbonizing their operations, the question of how to reduce scope 1 emissions is inevitable to arise at some point in the journey. To answer this, it’s important to first have a grasp on another question: what are Scope 1 emissions? The definition of Scope 1 emissions […]
Glossary of Terms: Renewables and Cleantech
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The Decarbonization Challenge, Part 2: Getting it Done
This paper lays out Schneider Electric’s holistic, pragmatic strategy for organizational decarbonization. Our decades of experience in energy and sustainability consulting and technology spans across the realms of global commerce. It’s this expertise that informs the four-stage process explored in this paper. With this proven roadmap, organizations of all kinds can define, set, deploy, and […]
The Decarbonization Challenge, Part 1: Closing the Ambition to Action Gap
Taking climate action—and making the most of it for your organization—requires commitment, innovation and an ability to translate ambition into meaningful action. For many corporate leaders, crossing the bridge from goals to results can be a formidable mountain to climb. In this paper, we break down the climate action journey into three fundamental areas: the […]