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Summary
The global corporate renewable procurement market continues to accelerate as corporations are committing to 100% renewable energy procurement targets to achieve climate and sustainability goals. Renewable energy capacity contracted by U.S. corporations soared 45% in the last 12 months as energy supply and demand shifts are magnified by greater energy security concerns.
Discover the trends in power purchase agreements, utility procurement programs, and green certificates used by corporations to procure renewable energy. Understand how the hyperscalers and tech industry continue to pace the market in the US, India and other regions around the globe.
Join S&P Global analysts to learn more about:
- Global trends in corporate PPAs and pricing – Which regions and industry sectors are driving corporate procurement and projections of PPA prices in key regions.
- US trends in corporate renewable capacity – Top companies and procurement mechanisms of key markets around the country
- Hyperscalers and the growing data center market – How energy-intensive data centers are impacting local energy markets and renewable development in the US and abroad
- India market heats up for corporate procurement: Policy drivers and emerging contract types along with states’ attractiveness ranking and cost of procurement
- Global certificates and environmental markets and I-RECs – How corporations are circumventing barriers to traditional PPAs in international markets
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Moderator
Xizhou Zhou
Vice President and Managing Director, Global Power and Renewables
Speakers
S&P Global Energy
Adam Wilson
S&P Global Energy
Senior Analyst, Equity Research/ Fixed Income
Adam Wilson is an analyst with the Regulatory Research team at S&P Global Market Intelligence specializing in U.S. renewable energy policy and analysis.
Adam Wilson is an analyst with the Regulatory Research team at S&P Global Market Intelligence specializing in U.S. renewable energy policy and analysis. He has worked in renewable energy for over ten years, specializing in wind, solar, and energy storage research. Before joining S&P Global, Adam worked at Navigant and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory conducting research and analysis on wind energy and distributed generation. Adam holds a BS in Meteorology from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and an MS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Colorado-Denver.
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Dan Thompson
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Principal Research Analyst, Datacenter Services & Infrastructure (451 Research)
Dan Thompson is a principal research analyst in the 451 Research technology research group within S&P Global Market Intelligence. He leads the Datacenter Services and Infrastructure team, which is charged with keeping tabs on the datacenter industry globally to better understand its trends and growth areas. His research includes analyses of datacenter providers, market size and supply/demand in key and emerging markets around the world. Dan also provides coverage of datacenter providers offering services beyond colocation, such as managed and cloud-type services.
Dan also provides research on the sustainability of the datacenter industry. Beyond just renewable energy purchasing and carbon offsetting, he has been investigating full life cycle emissions, including supply chain emissions, as well as efficiency gains and water usage.
Before joining S&P Global Market Intelligence, Dan spent 15 years as a practitioner in the IT industry, the last 10 years at a top managed/cloud service provider. Dan has worn many hats in the IT world, from systems administration to management, and was most recently an enterprise architect. In that role, he not only assisted in the launch of the company's security practice, but also created security-specific products and designed security into every solution launched to the customer base.
In addition to a good many IT industry certifications, Dan currently holds degrees in network security and forensics and information technology.
Bruno Brunetti
Head of Low Carbon Electricity Analytics
Bruno Brunetti has led efforts to expand Platts' power analysis across the globe and deepen the focus on renewables, technology and policy. Bruno spent over 15 years at PIRA Energy Group, now part of S&P Global Platts, where he launched and managed the PIRA’s European Electricity Service, focused on European power generation, demand, cross-border trading, and prices. He previously held roles at Caminus and Cedigaz.
Bruno Brunetti has led efforts to expand Platts' power analysis across the globe and deepen the focus on renewables, technology and policy. Bruno spent over 15 years at PIRA Energy Group, now part of S&P Global Platts, where he launched and managed the PIRA’s European Electricity Service, focused on European power generation, demand, cross-border trading, and prices. He previously held roles at Caminus and Cedigaz.
S&P Global Energy
Caroline Zhu
S&P Global Energy
Senior Analyst – Low Carbon Electricity
Based in Beijing, Caroline Zhu is a senior analyst with S&P Global Energy, covering the low-carbon electricity market with a focus on different energy certificate markets.
Based in Beijing, Caroline Zhu is a senior analyst with S&P Global Energy, covering the low-carbon electricity market with a focus on different energy certificate markets. She is a key contributor to the European Guarantees of Origins forecast report. Prior to S&P Global, Zhu was a manager at RMI, primarily working on renewable energy procurement, power market reform and heavy industry decarbonization in mainland China. She also has experience in market and policy research of hydrogen technologies with electrolyzer company Proton OnSite (acquired by Nel). Zhu holds a Bachelor of Arts in economics and environmental sciences from University of Virginia and a Master of Public Administration from Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs.
S&P Global Energy
Ankita Chauhan
S&P Global Energy
Associate Director, Renewable Energy Research
Ankita Chauhan is an Associate Director in the Asia Pacific Power and Renewables team at S&P Global Energy. Ankita Chauhan has over 14 years of work experience in the renewable energy, energy efficiency and climate change sector. She has worked on various projects, including commercial due diligence of investment opportunities and market advisory projects for renewable developers, diversified utilities, and financial management companies.
Ankita Chauhan is an Associate Director in the Asia Pacific Power and Renewables team at S&P Global Energy. Ankita Chauhan has over 14 years of work experience in the renewable energy, energy efficiency and climate change sector. She has worked on various projects, including commercial due diligence of investment opportunities and market advisory projects for renewable developers, diversified utilities, and financial management companies.
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