Signing at Spring Summit Marks Beginning of Ongoing Collaboration

The Clean Energy Buyers Association (CEBA) and the Carbon Free Alliance (CFA) today held a signing ceremony at CEBA Connect: Spring Summit 2025 to commence their active cooperation to advance global carbon-free energy systems.

Rich Powell, CEBA’s CEO, and Eric Gibbs, CEBA’s senior vice president of global strategy, joined Dr. Hoesung Lee, CFA’s president, and Jinmi Kim, executive director of the Office of the CFA President, at the summit to sign a memorandum of understanding and note CEBA’s ongoing commitment to activate energy buyers and partners to advance low-cost, reliable, carbon emissions-free global electricity systems. CEBA will work with the Carbon Free Alliance to advance its efforts.

The Carbon Free Alliance, based in Seoul, Republic of Korea, aims to expand access to carbon-free energy, establish global carbon-free energy standards, decarbonize hard-to-abate industrial sectors, and reduce the divide between developed and developing countries in climate vulnerability and responses. The objectives of the Carbon Free Alliance align with the Carbon-Free Energy Initiative proposed by the President of the Republic of Korea at the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in 2023.

The Carbon Free Energy Initiative, coordinated by the Carbon Free Alliance, is co-led by the governments of the Republic of Korea and Japan, with participation by the governments of the United Arab Emirates and the Czech Republic. The International Energy Agency is a partner in the endeavor.

The CFA is organizing an effort to design a certification system to promote carbon-free energy usage by businesses, from a technology-neutral perspective. The certification system effort involves collaboration with the Carbon Free Alliance’s member companies as well as the Republic of Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy.

CEBA plans to participate in Carbon Free Alliance and Carbon Free Energy Initiative events during the World Climate Industry Expo this August in Busan, Republic of Korea, as well as future events where the CFEI and CFA are featured. The August expo aims to foster global consensus on the necessity of carbon-free energy.