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Are you looking to power your business with 100% renewable energy, from a named asset, in a specific region? Find out how EDF’s Select Renewable supply option is helping Scottish distillery group, Edrington and their journey on the road to Net Zero.
Companies are rushing to cut carbon emissions and switch to renewable energy. But it’s not like flicking a switch. There’s a surprising number of factors to weigh up as you choose the renewable energy sourcing strategy that’s best for your business. Andy Peyman outlines the various clean energy sourcing strategies for businesses and explains their relative pros and cons. Want more detail? Watch our webinar where Andy dives deeper into the world of renewables.
We offer a range of renewable supply choices, allowing you to pick the right option for your business.
Electricity backed by UK REGOs or European GoOs, from a blend of sources including hydro, wind, solar, biomass and landfill gas.
Electricity generated from renewable sources in the UK, backed by REGOs.
Electricity generated in the UK from clean renewable sources. That's wind, solar and/or hydro, and backed by REGOs.
If you want your electricity supply sourced from a particular renewable technology or from a geographic region, our Select Renewable option gives you the flexibility, offering a strong sustainability message.
Businesses are finding that they’re asked for information on their environmental credentials more and more when they pitch for sales or contracts.
Consumers are also becoming increasingly aware of organisations’ sustainability credentials and factoring these in to their buying decisions.
By choosing a renewable supply, your business can show it’s made an informed choice – to run on electricity backed by renewable generation.
Choosing a renewable energy supply allows you to report zero carbon emissions for your electricity supply. Besides showing you’ve made an informed choice, it also lets your business report a lower carbon footprint.
If your business follows global best practice and reports its carbon emissions using the Greenhouse Gas Protocol (The GHG Protocol), your choice of electricity supply can make a big difference to the numbers you report. This is particularly important for larger businesses who have corporate social responsibility ambitions to join strategic initiatives like the RE100*.
*Source: there100.org/re100
Investors are increasingly looking to only invest in companies committed to reducing their environmental impact. CDP (formerly the Carbon Disclosure Project) tracks thousands of companies’ climate change strategies and emissions reduction performance to help institutional investors understand the risk in their portfolios. These investors hold assets worth over US$92 trillion*.
The CDP uses the GHG Protocol as the method for companies to report their emissions. Choosing a renewable electricity supply can support your performance in their assessment process.
*Source: www.cdp.net/en/info/about-us
With 598MW of installed renewable generating capacity, EDF Group is one of the largest renewable generators in Europe. We operate 31 wind farms in the UK with 8 more on the way. We're also a major purchaser of renewable electricity from many independent renewable generators in the UK.
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Many businesses are choosing to go zero carbon(1). Zero Carbon for Business guarantees your electricity supply is backed by zero carbon nuclear generation and shows a genuine commitment to Net Zero.
UK Fuel Mix disclosure information, published by Government Department BEIS, recognises electricity from wind, solar and nuclear fuel produces zero carbon dioxide emissions at the point of generation.
The zero-carbon electricity purchased is supplied to the National Grid. Customers receive electricity via the National Grid, not directly from zero-carbon generators.
The below table summarises zero-carbon generation by company demonstrating EDF generating 32.4%. The data supporting the table below and the % values is sourced from a mixture of industry settlement data and the UK government renewable obligation database.
ZERO-CARBON GENERATION SUMMARY BY COMPANY | 2020 | 2020 | |
Supplier name | zero-carbon | GWh of zero-carbon electricity generation | % of overall zero-carbon electricity generation |
EDF | zero-carbon | 37,968 | 32.4% |
CENTRICA | zero-carbon | 9,101 | 7.8% |
RWE | zero-carbon | 5,060 | 4.3% |
E.on | zero-carbon | 2,195 | 1.9% |
SSE | zero-carbon | 5,424 | 4.6% |
ScottishPower | zero-carbon | 4,364 | 3.7% |
Drax | zero-carbon | - | - |
Orsted | zero-carbon | 9,523 | 8.1% |
EPH | zero-carbon | - | - |
Equinor | zero-carbon | 1,182 | 1.0% |
Vattenfall | zero-carbon | 1,783 | 1.5% |
Fred Olsen Renewables | zero-carbon | 1,100 | 0.9% |
Macquarie | zero-carbon | 3,504 | 3.0% |
Ventient Energy | zero-carbon | 562 | 0.5% |
Statkraft | zero-carbon | 370 | 0.3% |
Eneco | zero-carbon | 316 | 0.3% |
Falck Renewables | zero-carbon | 251 | 0.2% |
RES | zero-carbon | 320 | 0.3% |
SGRE | zero-carbon | 245 | 0.2% |
Greencoat | zero-carbon | 318 | 0.3% |
Community Windpower | zero-carbon | 329 | 0.3% |
OTHER | zero-carbon | 33,243 | 28.4% |
TOTAL | zero-carbon | 118,805 | 100% |
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