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2026 Talent Retention Intelligence Report: USA

Why people leave renewable energy developers and IPPs in the U.S. - and what actually keeps them. Built on proprietary data from 2,756 professionals across every function inside the platform, set against wider market research.

What's inside the report

  • The eight retention drivers that decide whether people stay, ranked by impact
  • Why 45% of leavers say their exit was preventable - and what would have prevented it
  • The hidden attrition problem: why falling turnover is masking rising intent to leave
  • The true cost of losing a senior hire, from search fees to lost client relationships
  • Where compensation actually sits in the hierarchy of reasons people leave
  • How top performers behave differently to the rest of the workforce
  • Six strategic recommendations, with the core action and expected impact for each

Who it's for

Founders, CEOs and C-suite at developers, IPPs and platform businesses who are carrying the cost of attrition directly, and want to know where to intervene.

Investors and portfolio operators protecting the management teams and technical talent inside their renewable energy portfolio companies - where losing a key person is a value event, not an HR event.

Heads of Talent, HR and People leaders who need evidence to make the case internally for structural change rather than another pay review.

Functional leaders across the whole platform - development, engineering, EPC and construction, operations and asset management, commercial, legal, finance and corporate services - where replacing a high-value professional can cost two to three times their annual compensation.

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