Although the growth of the US renewable-energy industry has been nothing short of astounding in recent years, many US-based corporations have not yet leveraged this growth to their advantage.

But we believe this is about to change — and the renewables industry itself will play a major role in accelerating corporate adoption.

There are several reasons for the delayed involvement of corporations in renewables, and some of them, paradoxically, may hold the key to the eventual widespread success of corporate renewable procurement.

Historically,