Viridium Associates

Bank of America | January 21, 2020

American lender Bank of America (BoA) on Tuesday said it has met its 100 percent renewable electricity (or carbon neutrality) goal a year ahead of its schedule. However, it is pending to the third-party verification. It was accomplished by reducing Scope 1 and 2 emissions from its facilities, purchasing 100 percent renewable power and buying carbon offsets for its remaining unavoidable emissions. Commenting on the development, Brian Moynihan, CEO of Bank of America, said “we are delivering respo...

Solar+Storage

Pivot Energy | May 12, 2021

Pivot Energy, Colorado's largest community solar developer, and Standard Solar, Inc., a nationally recognized leader in the development, financing, ownership, and maintenance of commercial and community solar assets, have announced the development of three new Colorado community solar projects. Two of the projects are in Garfield County, and the third is in Jefferson County. The projects will generate enough electricity to power more than 700 homes and a total of four megawatts of new renewa...

Solar+Storage,Energy

Microsoft, Nike and Common Energy | December 15, 2022

Microsoft, Nike and Common Energy announced that they have partnered to subscribe Standard Solar’s first community solar project in Oregon. The Skyward Community Solar project, located in Clackamas County, Oregon will generate 3.6 million kilowatt hours of clean energy each year, which will be fed into the broader electrical grid. Clean electricity from the project will replace fossil fuel generation and lower carbon emissions and pollution, benefiting the entire community.According ...

Tesla | February 13, 2020

One of the world's biggest oil-and-gas companies announced on Wednesday that it aims to reduce its total fossil-fuel emissions to net zero by 2050, and shift investment away from conventional fuel sources to renewable ones. Tesla CEO Elon Musk's name quickly came up. "We are aiming to make absolute reductions to net zero of around 415 million tonnes of emissions — 55 million from our operations, 360 million from the carbon in our upstream production," Bernard Looney, who became CEO of 110-year-o...