PPL Corp. has promoted Francis Sullivan to executive vice president and chief operating officer. 

Voith Group is celebrating 145 years in York County with an outlook for more innovative ways of doing business thanks, in part, to the pandemic.

York-based C-P Flexible Packaging, a manufacturer of sustainable flexible packaging, has created a roadmap to convert 50% of its U.S. facilities to solar energy by 2025.

York-based Voith Hydro welcomed the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act Tuesday that the company said will provide a boost to the American clean energy economy with clean energy tax credits and requirements for domestic sourcing.  

Three affiliates of Lancaster-based Rhoads Energy will transition to new names and branding under the Rhoads Energy name. 

UGI Utilities, a subsidiary of UGI Corp. headquartered in Denver, Lancaster County, has begun to accept renewable natural gas from Archaea Energy into its pipeline distribution system.

Lancaster-based home heating company Rhoads Energy has created an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) and will be giving company ownership to each of its 160 employees. 

Hanover-based Burkentine Builders invested in two electric vehicle chargers for its headquarters last year using state and federal incentives.

A new initiative to replace nearly 50% of the state government’s energy usage with solar power was announced by Governor Tom Wolf on Monday and is the largest solar commitment by any government in the U.S. to date.

The Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority awarded $1.7 million in COVID-19 Restart Grants for 11 projects across the state, including two businesses in Lancaster and Dauphin Counties.

Three Mile Island’s Unit 1 reactor closed last year, but Pennsylvania remains the second largest generator of nuclear energy in the country. Only Illinois produces more.

Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station’s two remaining reactors will continue operation until 2053-54, following approval of a second extension of its operating license by the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Gov. Tom Wolf’s GreenGov Council is inviting businesses and consumers to learn about the state government’s efforts to boost green and sustainable practices at a 1 p.m. meeting Jan. 31, 2020 in the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency at 310 Elmerton Ave. in Harrisburg.

A Harrisburg-based conservative group is working to convince Pennsylvania’s most conservative Republicans to support clean and renewable energy policies.

Conservative legislators must remember their party’s legacy of conservation and the importance of promoting clean energy, former Republican Gov. Tom Ridge told lawmaker during a symposium on clean and renewable energy on Tuesday.