Green-e Climate Protocol for Renewable Energy
The Green-e Climate Protocol for Renewable Energy determines the eligibility of renewable energy projects in the US to generate offsets, as well as defines a method for determining the carbon value (in tons of greenhouse gas) of renewable energy generation. The Protocol is intended to bring additional credibility to the market for greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions derived from renewable energy project activities, and further the development of the voluntary market for renewable energy. It summarizes the eligibility requirements for Green-e Climate Certification of GHG emission reductions from renewable energy, the methodology used to calculate GHG emission reductions, and other requirements related to tracking, prevention of double counting and double claiming, additionality, and verification.
The Protocol applies to grid-connected renewable energy projects located in the United States. To be eligible for certification, renewable energy projects must meet or exceed the criteria listed in the Protocol.
Appropriate use of the Protocol shall be limited only to those entities selling Green-e Climate Certified products. The complete list of companies offering such a certified product can always be found here. Use of this protocol by third parties, other than Facility Owners themselves, explicitly for the purposes of marketing specific renewable energy facilities to be of a certain quality is not sanctioned by the Center for Resource Solutions.
Supporting Documents
- Green-e Climate Protocol for Renewable Energy
- Green-e Climate Protocol for Renewable Energy Program Rules
For a seller wishing to use the Protocol as an Endorsed Program, first read over the Green-e Climate Protocol for Renewable Energy Program Rules. This document provides an overview of the verification and other requirements, as well as the associated fees.
- In order to sell a Green-e Climate Certified Product using the Green- e Climate Protocol for Renewable Energy as an Endorsed Program, each generator from which GHG emission reductions are sourced must fill out a Green-e Climate Generator Attestation and a Green-e Climate Tracking Attestation form. The Generator Attestation must be filled out by the generator owner while the Tracking Attestation must be filled out by the entity that signed up the generator with a REC Tracking System. When the generator owner and Tracking System account holder are the same entity, the combined Green-e Climate Generator and Tracking Attestation Form may be submitted instead. In the case where the generator and the Tracking System account holder are the same entity, and they would like to complete and submit a form that can be used for both Green-e Energy and Green-e Climate purposes, the Green-e Energy & Green-e Climate Generator and Tracking Attestation Form may be used.
Approved Facilities
The renewable energy facilities listed below have undergone extensive review and have been formally approved to be used as sources of supply for sellers selling Green-e Climate Certified Products and using the Green-e Climate Protocol for Renewable Energy as an Endorsed Program. If you own a renewable generation facility and wish your facility to be listed here, please review the Supporting Documents included above for instructions. You may direct any relevant inquiries to climate@green-e.org.
Parties without a contract with the Center for Resource Solutions and the Green-e Climate program may not make any claims or statements regarding Green-e Climate certification, either in reference to supply from the following facilities, or otherwise.
