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Businesses Are Buying More Renewable Power Than Ever Before

  • Buyers already signed deals for 3.3 gigawatts this year
  • On pace to break record of 4.8 gigawatts set in 2017

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Companies are buying renewable power at a record pace.

AT&T Inc. and Walmart Inc. are among 36 businesses, government agencies and universities that have agreed to buy 3.3 gigawatts of wind and solar power so far this year. That’s on track to shatter the previous high of 4.8 gigawatts of disclosed deals last year, according to a report Monday by Bloomberg New Energy Finance.