State of the Voluntary Green Power Market

Eric OShaughnessy

Research output: NRELPresentation

Abstract

Green power refers to renewable electricity voluntarily purchased by retail electricity customers. Renewable energy sources for green power include solar, wind, biomass, geothermal, and small-scale hydropower. This presentation summarizes data on the various ways in which voluntary purchasers - including residential, commercial, and institutional customers - purchase green power. We summarize key historic trends in U.S. voluntary green power markets and the current status of green power sales through seven products: utility green pricing programs, utility renewable contracts, competitive suppliers, unbundled renewable energy certificates, community choice aggregations, power purchase agreements, and community solar.
Original languageAmerican English
Number of pages8
StatePublished - 2018

Publication series

NamePresented at the Renewable Energy Markets 2018, 9-11 October 2018, Houston, Texas

NREL Publication Number

  • NREL/PR-6A20-72411

Keywords

  • biomass
  • commercial
  • geothermal
  • green power
  • institutional
  • power purchase agreements
  • renewable contracts
  • renewable electricity
  • residential
  • small-scale hydropower
  • solar
  • wind

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