Land Speculation Clouds Vietnam's Renewable Energy Projects

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Are Google & Apple Really "Powered" By Renewables? Understanding Corporate 100% Renewable Energy Policies

Understanding Corporate 100% Renewable Energy PoliciesApril 29th, 2018 by Joshua S HillIn the space of a week in early April, technology darlings Google and Apple made strikingly similar announcements. The two companies were proud to announce that they had fulfilled their 100% renewable energy targets in 2017 and were looking to the future to continue their involvement in the renewable energy sector. By securing renewable certificates to match their usage they can demonstrate they have procured 100% renewable power. When a country becomes a part of a renewable energy procurement system (GOs, RECs or I-RECs), they become more attractive operating areas for large companies like Google or Apple that wish to procure renewable energy globally." Microsoft's policies, alongside those of Google, Apple, and others, are driving renewable energy uptake. Tracked renewable power — GOs, I-RECs, and RECs — need to be used to provide transparent and consistent documentation of all renewable claims.

A Regional Grid Helps, Not Hurts Distributed Renewable Energy

referring to A regional grid operator will be beneficial for renewable energy development, including distributed generation, for multiple reasons. Renewable energy benefitsA regional grid operator makes managing each renewable energy generator's variable output easier to coordinate and creates more value that can be shared by utility customers and renewable energy developers. A regional grid operator can use renewable power resources across a much wider geography that experiences different weather patterns and energy loads to better meet both systemwide and local needs. Distributed energy resource benefitsA regional grid is also good for the advancement of distributed energy resources at the grid edge, where the lower-voltage distribution system delivers power to factories, businesses and households. A cleaner gridA regional grid with a coordinated market will be a cleaner grid.