Microsoft has figured out a way to reduce risks associated with PPAs

A new sort of contract known a volume firming agreement could insulate corporate buyers from weather-related hiccups and the intermittent nature of solar and wind power production.

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RECs help small companies enter the renewables market

Because few companies can generate their own energy onsite, nonprofit SR Inc developed “aggregated procurement”contracts as an attractive alternative.

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RECs help small companies enter the renewables market

Why Etsy and Lockheed Martin seek clean energy matchmakers

The buzz is building behind aggregated energy deals.

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Why Etsy and Lockheed Martin seek clean energy matchmakers

Sustainability voices react to Donald Trump’s victory

Early reactions to his ascendancy to the Oval Office mixed shock with calls to action.

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3 tips from the trenches for corporate renewables buyers

Your organization doesn’t need to be huge to buy clean power.

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Energy price risk and the ‘hockey stick PPA’

Renewable energy Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) are poised for big growth — if they can overcome wobbly market prices.

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What it takes to get corporate clean energy deals done

3M shares its experiences in entering a 120 megawatt power purchase agreement with a wind farm in Texas and Kohl’s talks about why its onsite solar investments save money.

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What’s a forest worth? Disaster assistance (finally) accounts for nature

Here’s how the government is finally embracing the once-radical notion of valuing nature’s services.

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Zillow for solar? Tech links renewables developers, corporate buyers

Much like software designed to match would-be real estate buyers with property listings, a new platform aims to link clean energy projects with potential corporate investors.

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Google, thinkstep, Flux and their database of building materials’ enviro impacts

Google, Flux, thinkstep and the Healthy Building Network created an open source database of 100 commonly used building materials’ environmental and health impacts.

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