Cross-border renewable PPAs in Europe: An overview for corporate buyers

Norton Rose Fulbright contributed to this report written by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). Other contributing authors include Schneider Electric, DNV GL and RECS International.

This report builds on previous reports on corporate power purchase agreements (PPAs): Corporate Renewable Power Purchase Agreements: Scaling up globally (October 2016), Innovation in Power Purchase Agreement Structures (March 2018) and How multi-technology PPA structures could help companies reduce risk (March 2019). These reports cover the opportunities corporate PPAs offer, the obstacles that corporate buyers and developers face as they plan and negotiate PPAs, as well as innovations in corporate PPAs as the market grows and evolves. This paper adds an additional focus to the previous publications and aims to help companies understand the technicalities of cross-border PPAs by providing a balanced view of the risks and opportunities that the cross-border PPA structure can provide.