Choose the best renewable energy supply for your business
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.
Our renewable supply options
We offer a range of renewable supply choices, allowing you to pick the right option for your business.

Renewable for Business
Electricity backed by UK REGOs or European GoOs, from a blend of sources including hydro, wind, solar, biomass and landfill gas.

UK Renewable
Electricity generated from renewable sources in the UK, backed by REGOs.

Clean Renewable
Electricity generated in the UK from clean renewable sources. That's wind, solar and/or hydro, and backed by REGOs.

Select Renewable
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.
How can choosing a renewable supply help your business?
1. Pitching for new business
Over half of our business customers who sell to other businesses told us that they are asked for information on their environmental credentials when they pitch for sales or contracts. Of these, more than 80% said they’re being asked about this more often. Half our business customers who sell to consumers told us they felt their sustainability credentials are important to their customers*. By choosing a renewable supply, you can show that your business has made an informed choice – to run on electricity backed by renewable generation.
*Source: A survey of people most responsible for managing energy contracts in 132 large businesses conducted by McCallum Layton on behalf of EDF Energy from 5/12/2013 to 29/01/2014.
2. Reporting your carbon emissions
Does your business follow global best practice and report its carbon emissions using the Greenhouse Gas Protocol (The GHG Protocol)? Then your choice of electricity supply can make a big difference to the numbers you report. Choosing a renewable energy supply will allow your business to report zero carbon emissions for its electricity use. This is particularly important for larger businesses who have corporate social responsibility ambitions to join strategic initiatives like the RE100*.
*Source: there100.org/re100
3. Assuring investors and shareholders
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 US100 trillion*. The CDP currently uses the GHG Protocol as the method for companies to report their emissions. Choosing one of our renewable supply options can support your performance in their assessment process.
*Source: www.cdp.net/en/info/about-us
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Buying zero carbon does not create more zero carbon energy in the UK
It’s important to be clear about this. Whether you choose a zero carbon supply backed by renewable or nuclear energy, your purchase does not in itself cause any new zero carbon generation to be produced. The zero carbon electricity that we buy for Blue for Business or renewable products is supplied into the National Grid. Customers receive that electricity through the National Grid, not directly from zero carbon generators.
But your choice does show that your organisation is aware of the carbon intensity of the power it buys and is consistent with widely used standards and guidance in carbon accounting*. And that’s a step in the right direction.
*Source: www.ghgprotocol.org/standards/corporate-standard
Upgrade to a zero carbon electricity contract
Many businesses are choosing to go zero carbon(1). And at EDF, our zero carbon solution is the same price as standard, so there's no extra cost.