The US Department of Energy (DOE) has launched an initiative – Communities LEAP (Local Energy Action Program) – to help cities, towns, and tribes develop clean energy projects and find funding for them from the Read More
The city of Chicago, IL recently released a citywide plan for trails and open spaces that will contribute to a network of community-led green infrastructure projects. The plan is intended to add 48 miles (~ Read More
The city of Bristol, England has introduced the Bristol Leap project as part of its goal to achieve carbon neutrality by the year 2030. The project – a private-public partnership including the cleantech integrator Ameresco Read More
Puerto Rico’s first intermunicipal microgrid – Microrred de la Montaña (Microgrid of the Mountain) – is currently being developed by microgrid developer XENDEE and the Idaho National Laboratory (INL). The microgrid will be managed by Read More
The Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) in Korea has released a draft of the Seoul 2040 Comprehensive Plan to create a new urban planning framework for the city over the next 20 years. The Seoul 2040 Read More
The City of Fullerton, CA contracted with NORESCO to implement a self-funded energy efficiency project to expand smart city technologies and distributed energy resources. The project will cost $8.4 million to implement, with a guaranteed Read More
The City of Houston has created a collaborative framework – Resilient Now – with the aim of developing a regional master energy plan to enhance local power resilience. Resilient Now – which was launched in Read More
The City of Chicago has completed its Smart Lighting Program’s (CSLP) – a four-year long modernization of its existing street lighting infrastructure. Considered to be the largest city-led wireless smart streetlight program in the US, CSLP Read More
The cities of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, MN are launching a network of 100% renewably powered on-street electric vehicle (EV) charging points. The new charging points will be able to be used by both private Read More
Bronzeville – a neighborhood of Chicago, IL – now has the country’s first utility microgrid cluster. Commonwealth Edison’s (ComEd) has linked the Bronzeville Community Microgrid with the Illinois Institute of Technology’s (IIT) microgrid – allowing Read More
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