Challenges in procuring renewable electricity in Asia

Multinational companies with a commitment to procure 100% electricity from renewables face challenges to meet such commitments in countries outside of Europe and the US (for problems faced by Philips Lighting see this article).

From the RE100 annual report (see RE100 report) we find that companies use more than one approach to meet their target. Some popular approaches are on-site generation of renewable energy, purchase of Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) in the US and Guarantee...