Strategies for corporations to scale up their use of renewable energy through the grid. Presentation by Priya Barua, an associate with WRI's Global Energy Program, at the tenth annual Advancing Renewables in the Midwest conference on April 7, 2015 in Columbia, Missouri.
2. 3 BASIC QUESTIONS:
• Why do renewables make sense for
business?
• Why should states and utilities care?
• What are the opportunities for the
Midwest?
3. 2000
GPMDG
founded and
joint by 11
major U.S.
businesses.
2005
GPMDG
model
replicated in
Europe.
2012
GPMDG launched
in India and has
been making
tangible progress.
2013
U.S. utility-
customer
engagements
2014
Corporate RE
Buyers’
Principles
launched in
U.S.
WRI’s Work with Corporate RE Buyers
5. WHY DO RENEWABLES MAKE SENSE
FOR BUSINESS?
…Comparing Apples to Walmarts
• Corporate leadership
• Price hedge
• Energy diversification
• COST SAVINGS!
6. FALLING COSTS OF RENEWABLES
Source: Quayle Hodek, Renewable Choice Energy