The renewable energy sector is a rapidly growing market that is crucial to increasing access to energy and supporting climate change mitigation. Like the extractives sector, the renewables industry requires substantial capital investments, which can come with substantial risks of corruption. Similarly, government subsidies and the issuance of renewable energy certificates attract rent-seeking behaviour. A number of examples illustrate that corruption in green energy markets is a transnational problem. Investors and renewable energy firms based in the Global North may become involved in corrupt practices in renewable energy projects in developing countries. Ultimately, the literature indicates that the manner in which corruption manifests itself in the energy sector in developing countries is as much a function of local political economies as it is about the idiosyncrasies of the green energy sector or the way in which investments are structured.