RE100 calls for better clean energy support for business, as it approaches 350 member mark

Cecilia Keating
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A wind and solar plant in Japan | Credit: iStock
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A wind and solar plant in Japan | Credit: iStock

Limited availability of renewable electricity, lack of procurement opportunities and prohibitive costs are key issues hampering firms' clean power ambitions, group warns

RE100, the coalition of companies committed to transitioning to 100 per cent renewable power, has called on governments to remove barriers to corporate clean power procurement, warning that regulatory...

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