Scaling Renewable Electricity (REscale)

Although renewable electricity accounted for 29% of global electricity generation in 2021, we need to accelerate progress to meet the rising electricity demand caused by electrification of energy end-uses and increasing access to energy. The main challenges today are supply chain constraints, regulatory barriers for infrastructure, and effectively integrating growing proportions of renewables into grids and electricity markets. 

The costs of renewable technologies have decreased to competitive levels, while technological and market advances are helping to overcome the challenges of variable generation patterns. This makes renewables a profitable investment opportunity. Building and operating renewable projects is a profitable and sustainable business model for investors, developers, utilities and consumers alike. 

Members in this project share the ambition to scale up renewable deployment beyond average growth to achieve 3.5 terawatts of capacity by 2025. Building on our previous work on renewable finance, market structures and low-carbon microgrids, REscale has two ongoing workstreams: 

1. Increasing understanding and use of corporate renewable power purchase agreements (PPAs).
2. Collaborating with global and national partners to scale up corporate renewable procurement in priority geographies: RE-Source Platform in Europe and RAiSE Initiave in South Africa.