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Report: Beginning of Corporate Renewables Procurement Boom
Official Press Release Wood Mackenzie / AWEA:
Corporates usher in new wave of U.S. wind and solar growth
The largest corporations in the world are signing agreements for massive amounts of wind and solar power.
According to a new report from Wood Mackenzie and the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), we’re at the beginning stage of a corporate renewables procurement boom, driven not just by goals around mitigating climate change but also by highly competitive renewable project economics. In the report, Analysis of Commercial and Industrial Wind Energy Demand in the United States, Wood Mackenzie estimates that up to 85 gigawatts of renewable energy demand exists within the largest U.S. companies through 2030. According to the report, corporate leaders such as AT&T, General Motors and Facebook contracted more than six gigawatts of power purchase agreements... ... More: Official Press Release Wood Mackenzie / AWEA