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Henry Ford and Thomas Edison were friends for half a century. When he’s making presentations about fleet electrification, Rajiv Singhal includes a slide with a photo of Ford whispering into Edison’s ear. "It’s like he's saying, ‘Our two industries are going to intersect,’" says Singhal, who leads the zero emissions transportation team at 1898 & Co., Burns & McDonnell’s consultancy subsidiary.

U.S. Energy™, a leading provider of refined products, alternative fuels, and environmental credits, completed its first solar project at one of its terminals in Fort Worth, Texas. This terminal has been owned and operated by U.S. Energy since December 2014.

Faith Technologies Incorporated (FTI), an engineering, construction, manufacturing and clean energy company, has once again been recognized as one of the 2023 Healthiest 100 Workplaces in America. The Menasha-based company has been named to the list eight years running – this year moving from No. 89 to No. 70 nationwide.

As of November, Little Chute is home to the newest of five U.S. manufacturing facilities for Excellerate, a maker of electrical components and assemblies for sustainable engineering projects. The company, which is a division of Menasha-based Faith Technologies Incorporated (FTI), opened the 385,000-square-foot Little Chute facility as a “smart” manufacturing operation, utilizing clean energy technologies as it works toward its net zero goal.

The continued rising costs of energy, coupled with a worldwide focus on environmental, social and governance (ESG) efforts, has many organizations considering multiple energy goals, such as the following: Greenhouse gas emission (GHG) reductions and plans for renewable energy resources, energy conservation and ISO 50001 energy management certification and electric vehicle (EV) charger installation to support vehicle fleets or personal vehicles.

Will Stewart is one part of a larger team building modular electrical buildings inside a new facility in Little Chute. His team specializes in integrating the grounding on modular transformer buildings. “We’ll be pulling wires on the various trays that are on there and grounding the equipment to the skid steel,” Stewart said.

Take a look inside Excellerate's new 385,000-square-foot clean energy smart manufacturing facility in Little Chute. The facility focuses on industrialized construction, manufacturing energy products like electrical equipment.

The world is becoming increasingly concerned about its continued reliance on the traditional power grid, the use of fossil fuels, and their environmental impact. Companies are turning to renewable solutions that generate their own energy as a result, and distributed energy resources (DERs) are gaining momentum in this movement. Global brands such as IKEA, Google, and Apple, as well as smaller companies around the country, are using DERs to save money on energy usage, increase power reliability, and/or invest in sustainability.

An electrical manufacturer in Little Chute opened its new smart manufacturing facility, opening the door for additional employment opportunities in the area. Excellerate, a division of Faith Technologies Incorporated (FTI), gave a tour of its new 385,000-square-foot facility Thursday.