Sage CEO on Virtual PPAs: How Fortune 500 Companies Can Go Green

Sage Energy Consulting CEO Tom Williard: For many Fortune 500s, VPPAs are the way to go

A growing number of Fortune 500 companies like Microsoft, Amazon, Google and Walmart have been making headlines with announcements of hitting major renewable energy targets. As pressure to reduce carbon emissions escalates in the face of climate change, this expanding group of corporates is pushing towards "100 percent renewables" with procurements of green energy via solar, wind, and hybrid projects.

But are these companies actually putting solar panels on their rooftops and erecting wind turbines in their parking lots? Well, not exactly.

Sage CEO Tom Williard explains in the New Project Media’s “Actional Renewable Energy Data & Intel”: