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

The document argues that partnerships between U.S. cities and corporations can accelerate the clean energy transition by leveraging economies of scale and joint procurement to overcome barriers that individual entities face when procuring renewable energy.

• Municipal and corporate renewable energy buyers have collaborated on joint procurement, education, outreach, removing market barriers, and ensuring equitable deployment of renewables in communities.
• Collaborations between cities and corporations provide several advantages over solo efforts, including reduced costs, material risk, increased economies of scale, and faster progress toward climate and energy targets.
• While these partnerships can increase project implementation complexity, they are often more impactful by increasing deal size or participation; success depends on goal alignment, funding, staffing, and initial outreach.

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} }