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Renewable Energy By The Numbers

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Over the last five years, more businesses nationwide have chosen to match their electricity usage with renewable, clean energy. By doing this, businesses have shown a commitment toward a clean, pollution-free future, helped to gain a competitive advantage, and successfully met requirements for sustainability initiatives.

Below shows some of the positive environmental impacts that our business customers have made by purchasing renewable energy in 2011. Click on the image to enlarge.

For more information about Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) and renewable energy, go here.


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RECs Explained

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By Christine Penny
Principal, Green Initiatives, Constellation

There is some confusion in the marketplace today about what a Renewable Energy Certificate (REC) is and how purchasing RECs can provide value to businesses that are interested in enhancing their commitment to the environment. RECs are an easy, efficient way for businesses to show support for renewable energy generation.

Below shows how a REC is produced. Click on the image to enlarge. For more information on renewable energy, go here.


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Boost Your Commitment to a Clean Energy Future

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For businesses, going green now involves more than reducing electric consumption and switching to more fuel-efficient vehicles to lower their carbon footprint. Over the past few years, more and more companies are matching a percentage of their electricity use with renewable energy — and enjoying the resulting good publicity.

If this sounds like something your company might benefit from, read on. Constellation offers a “renewable energy certificate (REC)” product, which gives you the opportunity to quickly and easily support the development…
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Completion of 16.1MW DC Solar Installation Reflects a Bright Clean Energy Future in Maryland

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An aerial view of the 16.1MW DC solar project in Emmitsburg, Md.

Funding solar projects can create uncertainty for organizations and businesses interested in the renewable option, but it doesn’t have to.
By structuring solar projects as power purchase agreements or solar services agreements, you won’t have to worry about upfront capital. This is exactly what the State of Maryland’s Department of General Services, the University System of Maryland (USM), and Mount St. Mary’s University did. For them, power…
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New Solar Bill Passed in New Jersey Changes State’s Renewable Portfolio Standards

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By Anne Lindner
Vice President, Energy Policy – Mid Atlantic

A new bill (S1925) was signed into law in New Jersey recently, which changes the state’s Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) requirements beginning in the 2014 compliance year (June 1, 2013-May 31, 2014).  The legislation was introduced as an attempt to bolster the solar industry in New Jersey, which has experienced some volatility due to an over-build of solar facilities in New Jersey.  It is projected that this legislation will increase the demand for Solar Renewable Energy Credits (SRECs) and therefore provide some stability to solar developers in New…
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Green Energy Ingenuity

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An aerial view of the project. Photo courtesy of Belectric.

Policy and financing mechanisms have played a large part in encouraging the growth of the U.S. solar market, which more than doubled in 2011 and is on pace to beat industry expectations again in 2012, adding an estimated 3.3 GW of new capacity, according to EuPD Research.

While these figures aren’t surprising – more and more of our customers rely on-site solar to better manage their energy costs – policy and financing…
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