Record Year For Business New Energy Buyers

Report: 2018 A ‘Record-Breaking’ Year For Corporate Renewable Energy Deals

Betsy Lillian, December 18, 2018 (North American Windpower)

“…[Corporate renewable energy procurement in the U.S.] has almost doubled its annual total of corporate off-site deals since its prior high point in 2015…[and] the number of new entrants in the market has doubled since then…[P]ublicly announced contracted capacity from corporate power purchase agreements (PPAs), green power purchases, green tariffs and outright project ownership in the U.S. cumulatively reached an annual high of 6.43 GW…

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Facebook leads the year in highest capacity, with several deals totaling 1,849.5 MW; it also breaks every buyer’s cumulative annual procurement record…AT&T has also made noteworthy renewable purchasing gains by completing deals totaling 820 MW in 2018, its first year of market participation…[Corporate renewable energy purchasing in the U.S. has reached] over 15 GW cumulatively since 2013…” click here for more

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