Next Gen Procurement
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CEBI’s Four Key Recommendations for Updating the Greenhouse Gas Protocol Will Help Advance Systemic Grid Decarbonization
The Greenhouse Gas Protocol—the preeminent global framework for greenhouse gas inventory accounting—is under revision. The protocol’s Scope 2 and 3 standards have not been updated in eight and 12 years, respectively, and clean energy markets have evolved significantly in that time. World Resources Institute (WRI), which oversees the protocol with World Business Council for Sustainable…
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Energy Customer Markets Are Key to Scaling Clean Hydrogen
The Clean Energy Buyers Institute’s NextGen CFE Initiative aims to expand the menu of carbon-free electricity procurement options available to clean energy customers, to help customers optimize the decarbonization impact of their procurement decisions and send more targeted demand signals that accelerate systemic grid decarbonization. Over the past decade, voluntary purchases of carbon-free electricity (CFE) hastened the…
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GHG Accounting Updates Must Enable Customer Options to Accelerate Grid Decarbonization
The Clean Energy Buyers Alliance continues to be inspired by the ingenuity and passion of the energy customer community as they continually innovate for grid decarbonization. Since 2008, when Walmart and SC Johnson became the earliest corporations to use their procurement power to buy utility-scale wind electricity through a Power Purchase Agreement, voluntary customers of…
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CEBI Releases Its Next Generation Carbon-Free Electricity Procurement Activation Guide
The Clean Energy Buyers Institute’s NextGen Initiative aims to expand the menu of carbon-free electricity procurement options available to clean energy customers, to help customers optimize the decarbonization impact of their procurement decisions and accelerate systemic grid decarbonization. To advance a future point when all energy customers across the globe will have access to carbon-free…