As we approach 2025, businesses are increasingly focused on securing renewable energy solutions that align with sustainability goals while managing rising energy costs. Commercial renewable energy procurement offers a unique opportunity for organizations to source renewable energy to reduce carbon footprints, stabilize energy expenses, and improve efficiency. Here's a guide to help your business navigate renewable energy options and meet ESG goals in 2025, ensuring cost savings and significant environmental impact.
Understand the Evolving Renewable Energy Market
Like many industries in 2025, the energy landscape is poised to change rapidly. From a price stability standpoint, there are positive and negative forces at play. With advancements in technology and global demand, tariffs, and inflation—all will compete to affect your cost of energy. Renewable resources like the Catalyst Power® Connected Microgrid will provide better control of your energy expenses, provide long-term savings through a Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs), and help you diversify your energy load to further stabilize your energy experience in 2025 and beyond. Add-on options like battery storage technology will further improve your savings.
Staying informed about market trends will help businesses make better energy procurement decisions.
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Evaluating Energy Needs and Consumption Patterns
Your energy profile paints a clear picture of what your organizational needs are. You’ll need to assess your energy demand and usage patterns to determine the right renewable energy strategy for your business. Your first step to building an effective strategy is gathering those details. Identify areas of high energy consumption and seasonal variations to determine the optimal renewable energy allocation. Evaluate your current carbon footprint and set clear goals for how much energy you want to offset. This will keep your sustainability targets in check. An energy expert, like those at Catalyst Power, can help you do this.
Choose the Right Renewable Option
In 2025, businesses have various options for renewable energy solutions:
- PPAs: A PPA with Catalyst Power is a long-term contract that offers price stability and energy supply diversification (more on that here). PPAs are ideal for larger organizations that can commit to long-term deals with on-site generation, like our Connected Microgrid solution.
- Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs): A popular choice, as noted by over 90 U.S. companies (think: Adobe, Apple, Airbnb) that are committed to decarbonization. RECS allows businesses to offset their carbon emissions by supporting renewable energy, whether that’s corporate sustainability programs or through third-party developers like Catalyst Power. Some states have increasingly strict rules governing the application of RECs.
- Green Electricity & Net-Zero Natural Gas: Where possible, retail supply customers can pay a premium to ensure their electricity and/or natural gas supply is renewable or carbon neutral.
- Community Solar Programs: Businesses can participate in local solar projects for more cost savings. Community solar is a great alternative if you can’t use your roof!
Each model offers different benefits, so choose based on your company's size, budget, and sustainability objectives.
Maximize Cost Savings
To secure the best deals, consider the following:
- Combine Cogeneration with Solar: Combine cogeneration with Catalyst Power’s Connected Microgrid solution to leverage both technologies for maximum energy efficiency. Cogeneration improves fuel efficiency up to 90%.
- Energy Storage Solutions: Integrating battery storage allows businesses to store excess energy for later use, reducing costs during peak demand times. For instance, New York has great battery storage incentives to explore right now!
Your Clean Energy Transition Awaits
As renewable energy options continues to grow in demand, businesses in 2025 can maximize both cost savings and environmental impact. By choosing the right option for your business and integrating renewable energy into broader sustainability initiatives, business owners can stay ahead of the curve, delivering both financial and environmental benefits for the long term.
