The Power of Collaboration: How U.S. Cities and Corporations Can Work Together to Advance Renewable Energy

This research paper by the World Resources Institute examines how collaborations between U.S. cities and corporations can overcome technical, policy, and market barriers to advance the procurement and deployment of renewable electricity.

• Cities and corporations acting as large energy users encounter technical, policy, and market obstacles when procuring renewable energy for their own use or attempting to increase access for others. Collaborations between these municipal and corporate entities can eliminate these barriers to promote renewable electricity generation and use throughout the United States.
• Municipal and corporate buyers have collaborated through joint procurement of renewable electricity, education and outreach, efforts to remove market barriers, and the equitable deployment of renewables in communities. These partnerships provide benefits such as reduced costs and material risk, increased economies of scale, positive publicity, and faster progress toward climate and energy targets.
• While municipal-corporate collaborations can increase the complexity of project implementation, they are often more impactful than solo efforts, such as by increasing deal size or participation. Successful collaborations depend on initial outreach, alignment on roles and goals, sufficient staffing and funding, and ongoing participation.

APA

World Resources Institute (n.d.). The Power of Collaboration: How U.S. Cities and Corporations Can Work Together to Advance Renewable Energy. https://www.wri.org/research/power-of-collaboration

Chicago

World Resources Institute. The Power of Collaboration: How U.S. Cities and Corporations Can Work Together to Advance Renewable Energy. n.d. https://www.wri.org/research/power-of-collaboration.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{worldresourcesinstitutendpower, author = {{World Resources Institute}}, title = {{The Power of Collaboration: How U.S. Cities and Corporations Can Work Together to Advance Renewable Energy}}, institution = {World Resources Institute}, url = {https://www.wri.org/research/power-of-collaboration}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }