{"id":22398,"date":"2025-10-29T12:46:46","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T12:46:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/connectivity-for-good\/public-policy\/mobile-policy-handbook\/?p=22398"},"modified":"2025-11-12T14:33:46","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T14:33:46","slug":"renewable-electricity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/connectivity-for-good\/public-policy\/mobile-policy-handbook\/mobile-initiatives\/renewable-electricity\/","title":{"rendered":"Renewable electricity"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mph_background mph_column left\"><\/p>\n<h3>Background<\/h3>\n<p>The fastest way for mobile operators to reduce carbon emissions is by using, purchasing and investing in renewable energy to power their operations. Many operators around the world are already doing this and have targets in place to source all of their electricity requirements from renewable sources.<\/p>\n<p>However, there are challenges in sourcing renewables in many markets. For some markets, this is due to a lack of sourcing options due to centralised market control, while for others this is due to a lack of appropriate financial and legal structures to support investment in renewables.<\/p>\n<p>High costs are a barrier in some countries, while others lack access to sufficient renewable energy resources. For some, it is a combination of these and other factors.<\/p>\n<p>The mobile industry recognises the urgent need to decarbonise electricity. The industry supports the phase-out of fossil fuel use and production and the ramp-up of clean and renewable sources of energy generation to increase renewable capacity.<\/p>\n<p>The following actions are being taken:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Developing targets and demonstrating progress to source 100% renewables for networks, data centres, buildings and infrastructure, including towers managed by towercos and energy service companies (ESCOs).<\/li>\n<li>Publicly declaring renewable energy commitments \u2013 for example, through the RE100 initiative \u2013 and sending strong demand signals to the marketplace and to policymakers.<\/li>\n<li>Investing in new renewable capacity \u2013 for example, by installing on-site renewable energy and pursuing power purchase agreements (PPAs) with new power generation facilities.<\/li>\n<li>Engaging with policymakers to highlight the challenges of developing and accessing renewables and advocating for solutions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Debate<\/h3>\n<p><em>How can the mobile industry commit to investment in additional renewable electricity generation?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>How can PPPs accelerate the transition to <\/em><em>renewable energy?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"mph_background mph_column right\"><\/p>\n<h3>Industry Position<\/h3>\n<p>Governments play a crucial role in decarbonising the electricity supply by supporting investment, innovation and regulation designed to phase out fossil fuel use and production and ramp up renewable capacity.<\/p>\n<p>The mobile industry calls on governments to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Implement policies, regulations, market design and permitting that help to accelerate the deployment of renewable energy generation and expansion of electricity networks, including corporate purchases of renewable energy.<\/li>\n<li>Address financing gaps and barriers for clean energy investments, particularly in LMICs where the cost of capital is high.<\/li>\n<li>Support innovation to further reduce costs and improve technology performance of solar, wind and other clean energy sources, as well as the use of digital technologies to maximise the benefits of variable renewables.<\/li>\n<li>Set targets and timelines to phase out fossil fuel subsidies and unabated fossil fuel generation in line with the 1.5\u00b0C target of the Paris Agreement.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Resources<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/connectivity-for-good\/external-affairs\/gsma_resources\/gsma-climate-policy\/\"><u>Climate Policy,<\/u> GSMA,<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/connectivity-for-good\/external-affairs\/gsma_resources\/gsma-climate-policy\/\"> 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/connectivity-for-good\/mobile-for-development\/gsma_resources\/renewable-energy-for-mobile-towers-opportunities-for-low-and-middle-income-countries\/\">Renewable Energy for Mobile Towers: Opportunities for Low- and Middle-Income Countries, GSMA, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/connectivity-for-good\/external-affairs\/gsma_resources\/energy-challenges-ssa\/\">Energy Challenges for Mobile Networks in Sub-Saharan Africa, GSMA, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1171],"tags":[],"featured_image_url":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/connectivity-for-good\/public-policy\/mobile-policy-handbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22398"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/connectivity-for-good\/public-policy\/mobile-policy-handbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/connectivity-for-good\/public-policy\/mobile-policy-handbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/connectivity-for-good\/public-policy\/mobile-policy-handbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/connectivity-for-good\/public-policy\/mobile-policy-handbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22398"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/connectivity-for-good\/public-policy\/mobile-policy-handbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22398\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22450,"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/connectivity-for-good\/public-policy\/mobile-policy-handbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22398\/revisions\/22450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/connectivity-for-good\/public-policy\/mobile-policy-handbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/connectivity-for-good\/public-policy\/mobile-policy-handbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/connectivity-for-good\/public-policy\/mobile-policy-handbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}