When renewable energy first entered the power markets, progress was painfully slow – the technologies were unproven, costs were high, investors were wary, and the amount of capacity was miniscule. But as the market started to become more established and the clean energy technologies matured, growing numbers of companies started to realise that there were benefits from buying clean power that extended far beyond the reputational as they could reduce their energy costs by increasing their reliance on renewables projects. An under-reported boom quickly followed with record breaking results.
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