Actions Large Energy Buyers Can Take to Transform and Decarbonize the Grid: Procurement Practices for Achieving 100% Carbon Free Electricity

The document argues that large energy buyers must move beyond basic renewable energy procurement to adopt 'transformative procurement practices' to achieve a zero-carbon grid by 2050. It identifies six key approaches: matching clean energy purchases with the timing of use, incorporating demand flexibility, purchasing dispatchable clean electricity, adopting enabling technologies like energy storage, maximizing emissions reductions, and ensuring an equitable transition.

• To achieve a zero-carbon electric grid by 2050, large energy buyers—including corporations, cities, and institutional customers—must adopt 'transformative procurement practices' that optimize the deployment of clean energy to reduce long-term emissions.
• The brief identifies six specific procurement strategies for large energy buyers to accelerate the transition to a 100% carbon-free grid: matching clean energy purchasing with the timing of energy use, incorporating demand flexibility, purchasing dispatchable clean electricity, adopting enabling technologies such as energy storage, maximizing emissions reductions, and driving an equitable transition.

APA

World Resources Institute (n.d.). Actions Large Energy Buyers Can Take to Transform and Decarbonize the Grid: Procurement Practices for Achieving 100% Carbon Free Electricity. https://www.wri.org/research/actions-large-energy-buyers-can-take-transform-and-decarbonize-grid

Chicago

World Resources Institute. Actions Large Energy Buyers Can Take to Transform and Decarbonize the Grid: Procurement Practices for Achieving 100% Carbon Free Electricity. n.d. https://www.wri.org/research/actions-large-energy-buyers-can-take-transform-and-decarbonize-grid.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{worldresourcesinstitutendactions, author = {{World Resources Institute}}, title = {{Actions Large Energy Buyers Can Take to Transform and Decarbonize the Grid: Procurement Practices for Achieving 100\% Carbon Free Electricity}}, institution = {World Resources Institute}, url = {https://www.wri.org/research/actions-large-energy-buyers-can-take-transform-and-decarbonize-grid}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }