Or "green power" refers to electricity supplied in whole or in part from renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar power, geothermal, hydropower, and various forms of biomass. Increasingly, electricity consumers are being given electricity supply options, either as retail power markets open to competition or when their regulated utilities develop green pricing programs.
In addition, consumers can support renewable energy development through the purchase of green energy certificates or REC'S = Renewable Energy Certificates.
More than half of retail customers in the United States now have an option of purchasing a green power product directly from their electricity utility supplier.
Why Buy Green Power?
BY purchasing a green power product, you can support increased development of renewable energy sources, which can reduce the burning of fossil fuels, such as coal, oil, and natural gas. Greater reliance on renewable sources also provides economic benefits and can improve our national energy security.Buying and trading these Renewable Energy Certificates is also referred to
as "Carbon Trading"
"Carbon trading is one of the “fastest-growing specialties in financial services.”
Which brings us to: Carbon Brokering
What is Carbon Brokering and How can I profit from it? ...
Carbon Brokering is the act of developing offset programs for environmentally conscious companies around the world. Being viewed by the public as a green company is a key component of a national and international marketing campaign by top companies around the world. The green movement has moved center stage and is being demanded by more and more customers. As a carbon broker you are enabling business around the world to implement green programs for themselves and their customers.
Carbon Brokering uses a unique Carbon Instrument called a Green Tag or (RECs) Renewable Energy Certificates. These offsets are created by the construction of a renewable energy source such as a solar plant or a wind farm. These offsets are unique in the fact that the production of energy by these projects do not add Green House Gases in to the environment and therefore are awarded carbon offsets based on the amount of Green House Gases it prevents from being released. These offsets are also unique because they renew annually. This is the reason companies invest in RECs. The certificates will continue to offset their emissions every year without further investment in other carbon offsets.
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