Clean Energy Procurement Service

Power your clean energy procurement strategy with unparalleled global data, analytics, and insights

Sourcing clean energy to operate industrial and commercial facilities under corporate net-zero commitments is not an easy task. Markets, technologies, and policies are evolving at a fast pace, and companies taking up this new and urgent challenge – locally or across countries or regions – need a constant stream of reliable data to optimally plan and procure clean energy.

However, data and information across the world is rarely standardized, either by format or language, which makes it difficult to discern meaningful insights to choose the best clean energy option for your company. Forming the right clean energy procurement strategy can take hundreds of hours or require expensive outsourcing to consultancies.

That's where we come in. Wherever you are, the Clean Energy Procurement Service from S&P Global Commodity Insights can help guide you. Our unparalleled data and analysis will help you develop a strategy on sourcing renewable energy that is tailored to your operational needs.

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Global Clean Energy Procurement Market Briefing: February 2023 Learn key insights into the clean energy procurement deals by corporates in Q4 2022

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New Feature: PPA Pricing Insights and Forecasting Tool

Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) price forecasting insights for Europe and the US are now available.

This new tool leverages S&P Global’s unique expertise in power price forecasts and clean energy technology costs to produce independent models and insights into PPA prices. Armed with this information, customers can:

Understand the fair value of PPAs and the drivers behind them
Better negotiate PPA contracts
Evaluate arbitrage opportunities between PPAs and the spot market.

Our unparalleled data, analytics, and insights will help you:

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Save time on cumbersome research

Save money on expensive outsourced consulting projects

Reduce your carbon footprint (Scope 2 emissions) faster, demonstrating your commitment to sustainability

Your Challenges to Switching to Clean Energy

Corporations looking to source 100% renewable energy in or outside of their home region frequently encounter various operational, cost, pricing, and regulatory challenges such as:

Difficulty acquiring information on the different energy market landscapes and regulatory frameworks
Not knowing the emissions intensity of electricity supplied from a region's grid
Needing to choose the best options available in different regions to source renewable power purchase agreements (PPAs) or renewable energy certificates (RECs)
Not having access to the market prices and costs to get to net-zero emissions
Not having insight into regulatory risks and how they can be addressed when negotiating PPAs
Lacking local knowledge and/or facing language barriers
Having to sift through vast data sources to search for reliable information

Our Solutions Help You Reach 100% Renewable Energy Faster

So how to begin? Our unparalleled data and deep insights across the energy, economy, commodities and financial markets help you navigate the path from net-zero commitment to net-zero action, creating long-term sustainable value.

We help you take the first steps on your journey to sustainability goals:

Talk to our experts and read their research and analysis reports
Assess market and regulatory risks to better determine which renewable energy purchasing options — such as direct PPAs, on-site generation, or renewable energy certificates (RECs) — are best suited to your operational requirements
Uncover what your peers are doing in the region
Understand the costs and advantages of switching to renewable energy
Get standardized views of data and insight across borders and languages to more easily compare and strategize

Direct access to 1500+ experts around the globe, including 200 local experts in Asia-Pacific

Deep insights into 90+ regional markets

Covering >95% of global power

Easy-to-digest data and analytics dashboards

Power price forecasting out to 2050

New! Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) price forecasts for solar and wind out 30 years

Who Benefits From This Service?

Any energy consumer, large or small, spanning across all industries, that has committed to reducing its carbon emissions and is defining its energy transition priorities and clean energy procurement strategies.

These insights and data are essential for corporations transitioning from "gray" to "green" in the automotive, chemicals, mining, technology, consumer goods, retail services or other commercial and industrial sectors who have made net-zero commitments, especially those belonging to organizations/movements such as:

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24/7 Carbon-free Energy

Renewable 100% (RE100)

Net-zero by 2050

Which Clean Energy Procurement Professionals Can We Help?

Energy Procurement / Sourcing Officer

Analyze location/site benefits and risks for energy-consuming activities

Sustainability / ESG Officer

Analyze potential business and operational risks arising from expected future changes in energy supply costs

Commodities Purchasing, Trading, Energy Risk & Innovation Manager

Understand competitor activities relating to energy procurement and ESG/decarbonization

Energy Strategy / Analyst / Strategic Planner

Establish the relative competitiveness of electricity supply arrangements (tariffs, flexibility, etc.)

Energy Projects / Assets Manager

Report regulatory or voluntary requirements on ESG/decarbonization efforts

Insights to source, procure, and plan for clean energy

Analytics

Corporate Renewable Contracts

Knowing the market size and players is key to start. The Corporate Renewable Contracts dashboard helps you:

Explore the Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) contract database, which provides details on the type of arrangement, supply source (project name and developer), contract capacity, volumes, etc.
Analyze the clean energy procurement deals across the globe including North America, Europe, Middle East, Asia-Pacific (India, China, South Korea, Australia etc.)
Compare the different types of PPAs across markets and their trends by size, age, and technology
Review the procurement activity by sector and the off-takers that dominate the space

New! Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) Price Forecasts

PPA information is essential to clean energy procurement. The PPA price forecast tool helps you:

Understand the fair value of PPAs and the drivers behind them
Better negotiate PPA contracts
Evaluate arbitrage opportunities between PPAs and the spot market

Power Prices

Assessing market risks is a crucial component in forming a renewable procurement strategy and negotiating contracts. The power analytics dashboards allow you to analyze market trends and provide flexibility to compare across markets and technologies. They provide:

Long-term outlooks on the wholesale power price with the sub-regional deviations (India and Mainland China) and hourly trends (for select markets) across the globe
Historical information on retail tariffs that allows you to assess the cost savings, especially in Asian markets where finding this information can be difficult
Global outlooks for power demand, supply (including renewable energy penetration levels), and installed capacity up until 2050

Levelized Cost of Electricity (LCOE)

The levelized cost of electricity is a key benchmark for corporations planning to invest in and develop projects for self-consumption. The LCOE dashboard provides the cost of generation outlook (2022-2050) by technology, region, and year.

This dashboard can be used for ROI projections and to analyze capital and operating cost trends to the year 2050. The technologies evaluated include conventional, renewable and energy storage alternatives.

Power Supply and Demand

View power supply, demand, and capacity by region and technology.

Grid Emissions and Carbon Intensity

To assess your carbon footprints — particularly your scope 2 emissions — in the markets where you operate, the dashboard displays the carbon intensiveness of grid-sourced electricity.

You can use historical and future trends on the grid emission intensity, as well as the renewable penetration available for markets across the globe with sub-regional information (North America, India, and Mainland China) as a reference guide for the commercial and industrial hubs.

Global Renewable Market Attractiveness Rankings

How are the markets adopting renewable energy and at what pace?

Which is the most attractive renewable market for investments?

These are some of the key questions that can be answered through our expert analysis comparing markets at the regional/country level. Our experts assess different markets and technologies using a coherent set of scoring parameters and depending on risk appetite and business interests. Scoring parameters vary from the competitive landscape to regulatory stability, ownership hurdles, expected returns, and more.

Research

Developing a renewable energy sourcing strategy is a complex process and requires market expertise, information and an overarching decarbonization vision. Our research is divided into five key areas to deliver detailed insights into carbon and energy market fundamentals, especially the corporate PPA market. We offer the tools to assess the costs, project size, and savings from procuring clean energy.

Energy Procurement Strategy

Enjoy detailed market briefings and insight reports with deep dives into key topics such as corporate PPA markets and policy changes to better plan for long-term clean energy supply.

Sample report topics include:

Policy review of renewable procurement options for commercial and industrial consumers in key Indian states
Corporate renewable procurement in Southeast Asia: Current opportunities and outlook
India unveils the first phase of its green hydrogen policy: A good start but needs to tighten the loose ends to achieve 2030 production targets
Europe’s power purchase agreement (PPA) market grows, driven by increased corporate appetite
China kicked off national-level corporate renewable procurement pilot

Procurement Market Profiles

Gain detailed insights into market fundamentals and company profiles for renewable energy.

Market procurement profiles for about 50 markets may include:

Economic and political overview, electricity market structure, capacity and generation mix, key reforms for renewables procurement, regulatory landscape
Electricity supply / demand fundamentals, transmission network, briefing on available options, and current market size
Price competitiveness of procurement options, trends in wholesale power prices and historical retail power tariffs
Challenges and opportunities
Corporate case studies

Emissions and Decarbonization

Stay informed with the latest updates on global emissions, climate ambitions, and net-zero targets with our detailed reports, market briefs and data tables.

Sample topics include:

New climate actions demonstrate ASEAN’s ongoing decarbonization efforts, but challenges remain
Coal pledge from COP26: More symbolic than substantial
China’s top-level guidance on climate ambitions: Charting the decarbonization path ahead
In the race to global net zero, what are the lessons for India’s carbon market?
China Carbon Market Tracker
Singapore’s carbon tax increase of up to 16-fold will make low-carbon technologies and power imports cost competitive

Energy Market Insights

Get insight reports that delve into market drivers and trends, such as supply, demand, power prices, costs, renewables, and other power market fundamentals

Sample topics include:

Green power trading in mainland China overspreads nationwide despite uncertainties in practice
Which power markets globally are the most attractive for renewable energy investments?
Australian electricity market suspension provides a signal to project developers
Balancing act: India’s opportunity to scale manufacturing while tackling supply chain disruption
The ransomware offensive: Protecting the energy sector
Russia-Ukraine crisis: Implications for global power and renewables

Data and Tools

Play with market models to assess the cost, size, and savings when sourcing electricity with our Excel-based tools and databases. Deliverables include:

Regulatory Database: Power procurement — a curated library of existing and proposed power market regulations, policies, and orders related to power/renewable procurement for select Asia Pacific markets
Optimal project sizing model — An Excel-based tool that provides guidance to the user to determine the optimal size of the hybrid capacity needed to meet 100% of its demand through renewable sources (solar PV, onshore wind, and battery storage)
Landed cost calculator: India — Provides details of the applicable components of the landed cost of renewables from different sourcing options considering the regulatory and grid charges

Experts

Xizhou Zhou

Xizhou has expertise in power and renewable market fundamentals analysis and forecasting, power market design and policy analysis, renewable energy business models, and company strategies, among other areas. He previously headed the firm's Power, Gas, Coal, and Renewables practice in Asia Pacific while based in Beijing, where he significantly expanded the group's research and consulting coverage across the region with new teams established in Singapore, Seoul, Tokyo, Delhi, Penang, and Brisbane. Xizhou began his career at S&P Global through one of its predecessor companies, Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA), as part of its Emerging Markets and Global Power groups in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Before that, he worked as a consultant on regulatory economics for Industrial Economics, Inc. in Boston and as a research analyst at the World Resources Institute in Washington, DC. Fluent in Mandarin Chinese and proficient in Spanish. He serves as an editorial board member of China Petroleum Society's official journal, Guoji Shiyou Jingji (International Petroleum Economics). He is currently based in Washington, DC.Xizhou holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Environmental Management, both from Yale University in the United States.

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Rashika Gupta

Rashika has more than Sevnteen years of experience in energy markets. Her expertise includes economic and policy assessment, power and fuel market analysis, power market modeling, power trading, energy management, regulatory and commercial analysis, renewable procurement strategies, and environmental policy analysis for India and Asia Pacific power and fuel markets. Currently, she leads the S&P Global Commodity Insights South Asia Power & Renewables team, analyzing the power and fuel markets for the South Asian market covering India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka.Prior to joining S&P Global Commodity Insights, Rashika was with Statkraft Markets and with ICF International. She has worked on numerous consulting assignments and commercial projects and with independent power producers, investors, private equity funds, power utilities, energy majors, industrial consumers, and government planning bodies to support their business and commercial strategies.Rashika holds a bachelor's degree from Kirori Mal College, India; a master's degree from Hansraj College, India; and a doctorate from Delhi University, India.

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Etienne Gabel

Etienne has taken part in projects across Latin America, North America and Europe, focusing on power price projections, power generation and transmission outlooks, asset valuations, and the analysis of operational and investment strategies for utilities, project developers, financial institutions, and other market participants. Past projects include assisting a global power utility in developing renewable energy projects in emerging markets, evaluating strategies for corporate clean energy procurement, and conducting due diligence on large portfolios of thermal and renewable assets.Etienne holds a Bachelor of Science from Northwestern University, United States, and a Master of Science from Stanford University, United States. He is fluent in English, French, and Spanish.

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Allen Wang

Dr. Allen Wang is the research lead of the Asia Pacific Regional Integrated service at S&P Global Commodity Insights. He is a highly experienced energy market research leader with 12 years of experience in power and gas markets in various countries. He is also responsible for providing consulting advisory to commercial clients in energy market planning, regulation, operation, and policies. Prior to joining S&P Global, Dr. Wang was the R&D manager and lead consultant at Energy Exemplar, working on PLEXOS development team management; various utility industry consulting assignments; and system implementations, workshops, and trainings for worldwide clients.Dr. Wang is a fellow of the Australian Institute of Energy (AIE) and member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). He holds a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China, and a Ph.D. from the University of Technology Sydney, Australia.

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Lara Dong

Lara leads Greater China power and renewables research and is a member of Asia's research and consulting team. Lara focuses on Greater China's power and renewable market fundamentals, key players across the value chain, and policy and market reform analysis. Prior to joining S&P Global, Lara spent eight years at Rio Tinto, most recently as principal advisor, where she researched commodity market fundamentals and generated China policy insights in coal resources and electricity procurement options for aluminum smelting. In her role at Rio Tinto, she oversaw global coal price forecast and cross-commodity research on industrial, environmental, and state-owned enterprise reform policies. Earlier, Lara served at Noble and BHP Billiton as an analyst with cross-commodity research responsibilities, and at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce as a debt market research analyst.A CFA charterholder, Lara holds a bachelor's degree in economics from Xiamen University, China, and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Toronto, Canada.

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Clean Energy Procurement Service

Power your clean energy procurement strategy with unparalleled global data, analytics, and insights

New Feature: PPA Pricing Insights and Forecasting Tool

Our unparalleled data, analytics, and insights will help you:

Save time on cumbersome research

Save money on expensive outsourced consulting projects

Reduce your carbon footprint (Scope 2 emissions) faster, demonstrating your commitment to sustainability

Your Challenges to Switching to Clean Energy

Our Solutions Help You Reach 100% Renewable Energy Faster

Direct access to 1500+ experts around the globe, including 200 local experts in Asia-Pacific

Deep insights into 90+ regional markets

Covering >95% of global power

Easy-to-digest data and analytics dashboards

Power price forecasting out to 2050

New! Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) price forecasts for solar and wind out 30 years

Who Benefits From This Service?

24/7 Carbon-free Energy

Renewable 100% (RE100)

Net-zero by 2050

Which Clean Energy Procurement Professionals Can We Help?

Insights to source, procure, and plan for clean energy

Analytics

Corporate Renewable Contracts

New! Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) Price Forecasts

Power Prices

Levelized Cost of Electricity (LCOE)

Research

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Experts

Xizhou Zhou

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Allen Wang

Lara Dong