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Net Zero Consortium for Buyers U.S. VPPA Opportunity Index: 2024 Q3

NZCB Insights from the Field: Change & Growth One constant in the renewable energy space over the last several years is change. Here’s what we know: The upcoming elections in the U.S. will have major impacts on renewable energy incentives,

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Net Zero Consortium for Buyers U.S. VPPA Opportunity Index: 2022 Q2

In the second quarter of 2022, an unprecedented number of increasingly diverse corporate off-takers competed to pay rising prices for long-term REC procurements.  They did this to help cause new renewable capacity instead of buying RECs from

Energy, Net Zero, Power Purchase Agreements, Renewable Energy, Solar
Net Zero Consortium for Buyers VPPA Opportunity Index: 2021 Q4

Whether working with fellow SR Inc Member-Clients in the Net Zero Consortium for Buyers (NZCB) or with independent buyer advisory services, all sophisticated SR Inc Member-Clients are interested in the VPPA market as they chart paths to Net Zero

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Summit for Sustainable Business VII Part 3 – Defining and Decarbonizing Scope 3 Emissions

The Summit for Sustainable Business VII on December 10th devoted time to exploring the world of Scope 3 emissions, including current best practices for decarbonization.  Jeff Meltzer, Director of Research and Consulting at SR Inc, and Julia

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Summit for Sustainable Business VII Part 2 – Defining and Decarbonizing Scope 2 Emissions

SR Inc’s virtual Summit for Sustainable Business on December 10th dedicated a session to defining and decarbonizing global Scope 2 emissions. David Osborn, SR Inc’s COO and Senior Advisor, presented on leading Scope 2 decarbonization strategies

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Net Zero Consortium for Buyers VPPA Opportunity Index: 2021 Q3

Why VPPAs and VPPA2.0?  As a growing number of sustainability leaders know, off-site renewable energy regularly provides the vast bulk of a company’s emission reductions. This is true whether that is done through: (a) increasingly expensive

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Incorporating ESG Considerations into VPPA Procurements

More and more corporate teams are turning to Virtual Power Purchase Agreements, or VPPAs, to reduce their scope 2 emissions. These agreements allow corporate buyers to directly cause new renewable electricity even with geographically scattered,

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The Net Zero Consortium for Buyers VPPA Opportunity Index: 2021 Q2

Every quarter since 2019, SR Inc’s Net Zero Consortium for Buyers (NZCB) has been pleased to offer the NZCB VPPA Opportunity Index that enables a comparison of potential wind and solar VPPA performance across US hubs using common analytics.  The

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Intuit and Cisco Lead on a New Type of Renewable Energy Transaction: VPPA 2.0

SR Inc is pleased to officially announce that the virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) with which we assisted Member-Clients Intuit and Cisco in 2018 and 2019 is now operational.  SR Inc’s Renewable Energy Procurement Services (REPS) led the

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How Cisco and Other Leading Companies are Transitioning to Net Zero in 2020

SR Inc’s 1st Quarter Symposium Includes Discussion on How Companies Can Commit to and Achieve Bold Sustainability Goals in a Cost Positive Manner Following our last post on the first half of the Q1 symposium webinar, this post reviews the