Carbon Offsets/RECs

Carbon offsets and renewable energy certificates (RECs) are available to help companies meet regulatory and corporate sustainability goals for reducing their carbon footprint. Each REC is equivalent to a single megawatt-hour of electricity generated by a renewable energy source such as solar or wind power. Read articles here about carbon offsets, RECs, green-e certified renewable energy sales, and renewable energy credits.

US Largest Carbon Credit Buyer in 2009

US Largest Carbon Credit Buyer in 2009The U.S. was the largest buyer of voluntary carbon credits last year, according to a new report released by Ecosystem Marketplace and Bloomberg New ...

June 15, 2010

RGGI Auction Price Falls, Again

RGGI Auction Price Falls, AgainRGGI has announced the results (PDF) of the second quarterly auction of carbon dioxide allowances in 2010. The auction, held Wednesday, June 9th, yielded ...

June 11, 2010

Tesla Sells Carbon Credits to Honda for $13.8m

Tesla Sells Carbon Credits to Honda for $13.8mTesla Motors has sold $13.8 million in carbon credits to Honda Motor since 2008, despite not making a profit on its manufacturing business yet, according ...

June 10, 2010

MEGTEC Builds Methane Abatement System

MEGTEC Builds Methane Abatement System MEGTEC Systems announced today that it will build the world’s largest methane abatement system to capture and eliminate ventilation air methane (VAM) from the Datong ...

June 9, 2010

Energy Efficiency Investment Remains Strong Despite Downturn

Energy Efficiency Investment Remains Strong Despite DownturnInvestment in energy efficiency remained high last year despite the economic downturn, according to a survey conducted by Johnson Controls. Meanwhile, the Financial Times ...

June 4, 2010

Consol Energy Taps Methane For Carbon Credits

Consol Energy Taps Methane For Carbon CreditsConsol Energy will become the second coal miner to develop a methane capture and abatement system in the U.S., according to a company ...

June 3, 2010

Virgin, Alaska Airlines, Continental Get Green Nod From Greenopia

Virgin, Alaska Airlines, Continental Get Green Nod From GreenopiaVirgin, Alaska Airlines and Continental won the top tthree spots in Greenopia’s rankings of the most environmentally friendly airlines as the website updated ...

June 3, 2010

Google to Buy Carbon Offsets from Landfill Gas-to-Energy Project

Google to Buy Carbon Offsets from Landfill Gas-to-Energy ProjectGoogle will purchase carbon credits generated by a landfill gas-to-energy project in Berkeley County, S.C., through 2013 as part of its commitment to become ...

June 1, 2010

Airlines, Environmentalists Clash on Emissions

Airlines, Environmentalists Clash on EmissionsTensions between environmentalists and airlines are coming to a head over increasing efforts to regulate and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from aircraft. Meanwhile, recent ...

June 1, 2010

UN Carbon Credits Fall as Officials Plan to Increase Offset Projects

UN Carbon Credits Fall as Officials Plan to Increase Offset ProjectsIn the midst of sliding European Union (EU) carbon allowances and United Nation carbon credits, UN regulators are getting set to increase carbon offset projects, ...

June 1, 2010

China May Launch Carbon Market by 2014

China May Launch Carbon Market by 2014China may launch a carbon trading market as soon as 2014, according to a Bloomberg report. According to the report, the government may ask companies ...

May 28, 2010

Roundup – MA Names Green Nabes, MIT Cuts Power Use

Roundup – MA Names Green Nabes, MIT Cuts Power Use Deval Patrick Names 35 Green Communities Boston Globe MIT to Cut Energy Use by 15 Percent in Three Years MIT Kawasaki Heavy: Revving ...

May 27, 2010

Europe Attempts to Revive Carbon Trading

Europe Attempts to Revive Carbon TradingEuropean regulators and businesses are making an attempt to revive carbon trading through the use of a supplemental “green bond” system that would function alongside the current cap-and-trade scheme, according to a report in the ...

May 26, 2010

Federal Green IT Program Offsets 100% of CO2 Emissions

Federal Green IT Program Offsets 100% of CO2 EmissionsMore than a dozen federal agencies, including the Energy, Justice, and Commerce departments, as well as the Navy, are participating in a "green" IT ...

April 28, 2010

Bacardi, Datapipe Adopt Renewable Energy

Bacardi, Datapipe Adopt Renewable EnergyA rum producer and a hosted IT provider are taking different routes to adopting renewable energy - one quite visible, the other ... not so ...

April 23, 2010

2009 REC Prices Ranged from a Buck to $650

2009 REC Prices Ranged from a Buck to $650U.S. companies paid anywhere from a little more than a dollar on up to $650 for renewable energy credits (RECs) in 2009, according to the ...

April 21, 2010

Whole Foods Aims to Reduce Energy Use 25% by 2015

Whole Foods Aims to Reduce Energy Use 25% by 2015Supermarket chain Whole Foods has set a goal to reduce energy consumed per square foot 25 percent by 2015. Additionally, the chain said it ...

April 20, 2010

PepsiCo Drops RECs in Favor of $30M in On-site Generation

PepsiCo Drops RECs in Favor of $30M in On-site GenerationPepsiCo, since 2007 one of the leading U.S. purchasers of renewable energy credits (RECs), is putting a virtual halt to that practice. Instead, the ...

April 12, 2010

Office Depot Promotes ‘Green’ NASCAR, Electronics Recycling

Office Depot Promotes ‘Green’ NASCAR, Electronics RecyclingTwo new Office Depot promotions are centered around themes of reducing emissions and recycling electronics. A NASCAR tie-in is geared to launch ...

April 7, 2010

NYSE Goes Carbon Neutral Through Wind RECs

NYSE Goes Carbon Neutral Through Wind RECsThe New York Stock Exchange is purchasing renewable energy credits to offset the approximately 28 million kilowatt hours it uses annually, reports the Baltimore Sun. The ...

April 1, 2010