In response to United States recent commitment to the historic 2015 Paris Agreement, over 60 US based including: Facebook and Microsoft, have joined environmental groups to form the Renewable Energy Buyers Alliance (REBA), a coalition promoting the development and greater access to 60 gigawatts of renewable energy in the U.S. by 2025.
“We’re proud to be part of the REBA network and the movement to accelerate the transition to renewable energy,” said Brian Janous, director of energy strategy at Microsoft. “We are committed not only to increasing our purchase of green power, but also to working with new partners to bring even more renewable energy onto the grid where we do business.”
That’s right. I’m not talking about the little guy and makeshift windfarms. I’m talking about big money and a large-scale renewable energy infrastructure big enough to replace all the coal-fired power plants in the U.S. expected to retire in the next four years.
Yesterday, the companies involved told Bloomberg reporters that the reason behind the move is large energy consumers like Facebook and Microsoft want to switch to cleaner energy than utility grids currently provide.
Currently, companies looking to purchase clean-energy have no option but to purchase what power’s available directly from renewable energy developers, however those opportunities limited and just aren’t available to smaller business.
For more information:
Read about renewable energy and the CCNB’s Renewable Solutions Program here
Read the full Bloomberg article here.
Read the Renewable Energy Buyers Alliance’s Press Release here.
Learn more about the Renewable Energy Alliance here.