The table shown here summarizes GHG offset products available to retail customers nationally and derived at least in part from renewable energy generation projects. Please contact our Webmaster if you have questions or more recent information regarding these products.
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National Greenhouse Gas Offsets Retail Products
(as of January 2013)
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| Offset Marketer |
Product Name |
Reduction Projects |
Location of Projects |
Residential Price Premiums* |
Project Certification |
Product Certification |
| 3Degrees |
Carbon Offsets |
forestry/reforestration, new wind, new renewable energy, landfill methane capture, livestock |
United States, Brazil, China, India |
~$8 |
CAR, VCS, Gold Standard, CCX, UNFCCC CDM |
Green-e Climate |
| Blue Source |
Goldman Sachs and Blue Source Carbon Offsets |
methane capture, efficiency, carbon sequestration, and industrial gas destruction |
Nationwide |
Commercial customers only |
— |
— |
| Bonneville Environmental Foundation |
BEF Carbon Offsets |
new wind, new solar, watershed restoration |
Nationwide |
~$29 |
— |
— |
| Carbonfund.org |
ZeroCarbon |
wind, methane capture, biomass, RECs, reforestation |
Nationwide, Brazil |
$10 |
CCX, CCBS, UNFCCC JI |
— |
| ClearSky Climate Solutions |
Carbon Offsets |
forestry/reforestation, methane capture, rangeland management |
Panama, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Texas, Montana |
$12 |
CCX, CCBS |
— |
| Colorado Carbon Fund |
Project C |
local energy efficiency and renewable energy projects |
Colorado |
$20 |
— |
— |
| Conservation Services Group |
ClimateSAVE |
new wind |
Texas |
~$21 |
— |
— |
| Dominion |
Carbon Offset Program (NC customers only) |
energy conservation and renewable energy |
North Carolina |
~$17 |
— |
— |
| Duke Energy |
Carbon Offset Program (IN, SC & NC customers only) |
energy conservation and renewable energy |
North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia |
~$17 |
— |
— |
| E-BlueHorizons |
Carbon Offsets |
landfill gas (including efficiency and reforestation) |
Massachusetts, New Hampshire |
$5 |
VCS |
— |
| Element Markets |
Verified Emission Reductions |
Various (including methane capture, renewable energy and energy efficiency) |
Nationwide |
Commercial customers only |
CAR, CCX, VCS |
— |
| GP Renewables & Trading LLC |
GP-REC Structured Product |
Various (including methane capture, biomass, renewable energy and energy efficiency) |
Local, regional, & international |
$3 |
VCS, CER |
— |
| GT Environmental Finance |
Resource Carbon Reduction Projects |
landfill gas, biomass, renewable energy and forestry |
Nationwide |
Commercial customers only |
CAR, VCS |
— |
| Green Mountain Energy Company |
Carbon Offsets |
landfill gas, renewable energy, methane capture, forestry |
Nationwide and regional sources |
~$14 |
CAR, VCS, ACR, Pre-CDM |
— |
| Hess Corporation
|
Hess C-Neutral |
methane capture and renewable energy |
Wyoming |
Commercial customers only |
VCS |
Green-e Climate |
| LiveNeutral |
Drive/Fly/HomeNeutral & By The Ton |
various (including efficiency and CO2 offsets) |
Nationwide |
$12 |
CCX |
— |
| NW Natural / Climate Trust |
Smart Energy Average Option |
methane capture |
Oregon |
~$24 |
— |
— |
| NW Natural / Climate Trust |
Smart Energy Climate Neutral Option |
methane capture |
Oregon |
10.49¢/therm |
— |
— |
| NativeEnergy |
Help Build Carbon Offsets |
wind, landfill gas, farm methane reduction, biomass, other |
U.S., India, China, Brazil |
$15.43 |
VCS, CAR, Gold Standard |
— |
| NextEra Energy Resources
|
Carbon Offsets |
wind |
Nationwide |
Commercial customers only |
— |
— |
| Progress Energy |
Carbon Offset Program (NC customers only) |
energy conservation and renewable energy |
North Carolina |
~$20 |
— |
— |
| Puget Sound Energy |
Carbon Balance Program |
methane capture |
Washington |
$20 |
CAR |
— |
| Renewable Choice Energy |
Bundled Wind and Carbon Offsets |
wind, landfill gas, methane capture and avoidance |
Nationwide |
~$20 |
VCS |
— |
| Sacramento Municipal Utility District |
Carbon Offset Program |
local carbon reduction projects |
California |
$10/month |
— |
— |
| Solar Electric Light Fund |
Carbon Neutral Club |
global PV projects |
International |
$10 (donation) |
— |
— |
| Sterling Planet |
Voluntary Carbon Units |
landfill gas |
South Carolina |
$20 |
VCS |
Green-e Climate |
| Sustainable Travel International |
Carbon Offsets |
reforestation, biomass, hydro, wind |
International |
~$25 |
Gold Standard, CDM, VCS, CCBS, Plan Vivo |
— |
| TerraPass |
TerraPass Carbon Offsets |
wind, biogas, methane capture |
Nationwide |
~$13.50 |
CCX |
—
|
| The CarbonNeutral Company |
The CarbonNeutral Company Offset |
methane capture, renewables |
Brazil, China, Turkey |
Commercial customers only |
— |
Green-e Climate |
| VERUS Carbon Neutral |
VERUS Carbon Neutral Certification |
biomass, methane capture, sequestration |
Brazil, Georgia (US) |
$2.75 |
CCX |
— |
| Washington Gas Energy Services |
WGES CleanSteps® Carbon Offsets |
Intermodal transportation, Methane capture and destruction |
Chesapeake Bay Region |
~ 15 cents per therm |
CAR, Canadian Standards Association |
— |
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Notes:
* Product prices are all based on a metric ton of CO2 avoided and were updated as of August 2010. Large users may be able to negotiate price premiums.
Project Certification
"Project Certification" indicates which third-party programs are used to verify that the GHG reduction projects meet minimum standards. These programs can also verify reductions from these projects, and issue them as certified credits to be sold by offset retailers.
Primary Third-Party Project Certification
American Carbon Registry (ACR)
Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX)
Climate Action Reserve (CAR)
Climate Community and Biodiversity Standard (CCBS)
Gold Standard
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Clean Development Mechanism (UNFCCC CDM)
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Joint Implementation (UNFCCC JI)
Verified Carbon Standard (VCS)
Product Certification
"Product Certification" programs are independent third-parties that certify the final retail GHG offset product sold in the marketplace. They ensure the credits supplying the product were certified by eligible project certification programs, sold as advertised, and delivered correctly and exclusively to the customer by the offset retailer.
Primary Third-Party Product Certification
Green-e Climate
Source:
National Renewable Energy Laboratory |
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