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23 June 2024
5 min read
RE100 is calling on the Japanese government to take urgent, concrete steps to grow its domestic renewable electricity capacity, using the upcoming 7th Strategic Energy Plan to set a target to triple Japan’s installed ren...
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9 June 2024
4 min read
RE100 members report significant barriers to procuring renewable electricity in Japan such as high costs, limited supply, and procurement challenges. Renewables make up just 22% of the country’s electricity generation, t...
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6 March 2024
2 min read
New companies joining RE100 have added 72 terawatt hours (TWh) to the campaign’s annual electricity demand. This is its largest ever year-on-year increase. This is according to the latest Annual Disclosure Report.
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6 February 2024
3 min read
As a major export market, Taiwan is a leading global producer of advanced semiconductors – technology which is integral to many of our most prized possessions.
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7 November 2023
2 min read
The ever-growing RE100 membership, and the size of some of RE100’s newest members, has driven up the initiative’s combined annual electricity consumption. If the RE100 initiative was a country, it would be the world’s 10...
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7 August 2023
2 min read
Investec joins RE100, committing to use 100% renewable electricity by 2030. The country is in an energy crisis where it is experiencing persistent loadshedding. There is a need to urgently respond with more sustainable, ...
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2 July 2023
5 min read
The hardware, software, and services of the world’s technology companies are a pivotal part of modern life.
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25 June 2023
5 min read
Since the launch of the South Korean RE100 Localised Policy Messages (LPM) in March 2023, ambition and action on renewable electricity has gained momentum. It’s promising to see progress on the LPMs from the government a...
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20 April 2023
4 min read
Brewing beer can famously require a lot of energy, with much of it used in heating during the production process and then cooling for consumption.
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19 April 2023
3 min read
Earlier in the year, RE100 team members Maddy Pickup and Toby Walker spent a few weeks in Indonesia as part of our efforts to expand policy advocacy activities into new priority geographies. Here they tell us about the k...