Following major reports out from world entities showing the peril the world is facing because of energy use and climate change, major tech companies are continuing to boost their use of renewable energy. Last week, for instance, both Facebook and T-Mobile announced more clean energy. At the same time utilities, like Duke Energy, are boosting the amount of renewable energy they make available to commercial entities. 

Two new PNM Resources solar farms, totaling 100 megawatts (MWs) of photovoltaics (PVs) will power Facebook’s datacenter in Los Lunas, NM, allowing it to run on 100 percent renewable energy. They're the latest renewable energy projects to power the tech company in the state. 

Earlier this week Duke Energy announced plans to expand its Green Source Advantage program for its large commercial and industrial customers in South Carolina. Under the new proposal it would install 150 megawatts (MWs) of solar power, allowing those customers to purchase all or part of their electricity from renewable energy. 

Its logo might be red, but T-Mobile is going green and leading the way on using clean among mobile carriers in the US. Yesterday (Oct. 16) the mobile carrier announced that under a new partnership with Puget Sound Energy its headquarters will be 100 percent powered by renewable energy in 2021, saving it millions of dollars in energy costs. 

In the wake of destruction left by Hurricane Michael, solar power is ready to help with recovery efforts. EcoPOWER said that it is offering its off-grid solar lighting systems to help with recovery efforts, providing essential services to help locals, first responders, volunteers and aid workers in the recovery. 

Humanity has just about a decade left to significantly reduce its emissions before the impact of climate change becomes more drastic if not irreversible, according to a report by 91 scientists from around the world. Renewable energy is one of the best ways to reduce emissions and another report showed it’s expected to provide a third of the world’s electric needs within about five years. In the meantime energy storage is becoming more important and corporations are helping lead the way in renewable energy. 

This year Microsoft was named as the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Green Power Partner of the Year as it increased its green power use by 36 percent over the past year. The company might celebrate with a Budweiser because Anheuser-Busch was among the leaders recognized for its excellence in green power use. 

Earlier this week, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued a report showing that humanity has a little more than a decade left to significantly reduce its emissions. A key to that is transitioning to renewable energy and an International Energy Agency report out the same day as the IPCC report showed that the by 2023 about one third of the world’s electricity will come from renewable energy. 

Now that home solar power is becoming more commonplace in many US states and in some concentrated areas, solar plus energy storage and its additional benefits are becoming more important. Some of the nation’s biggest residential solar installers are recognizing this and are leading the nation in offering combined systems, a new Navigant Research Leaderboard Report found. 

The world is facing a crisis like none its ever seen as it nears a precipice on climate change. That’s according to a new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which found that unless the world takes significant actions to reduce emissions it will surpass a warming threshold of 1.5°C, drastically impacting the world’s environment.