Highlights of the 2013 Green-e Verification Report

Originally aired Thursday, November 13, 2014 at 11:00 am PT. A sneak peak at how the Green-e certification programs performed in 2013, including trends in voluntary renewable energy and carbon offset markets, and how top companies communicated their commitments to clean energy by using the Green-e logo. This was an early sneak peak of the report, which was later released on December 2, 2014 at Renewable Energy Markets 2014.
Find the 2013 Verification Report here.

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1. The 2013 Green-e
   Verification Report
   A (sneak peak!) at the year in
   Green-e Climate, Green-e Energy,
   and Green-e Marketplace
   November 13, 2014
   Brendan Cook, Green-e Marketplace Senior Analyst
   Todd Jones, Green-e Climate Manager
   Michael Leschke, Green-e Energy Associate
   Rachael Terada, Senior Project Manager
   

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2. Outline
   1.  About Green-e and Center for Resource Solutions
   2.  Green-e Climate
   3.  Green-e Marketplace
   4.  Green-e Energy
   5.  Upcoming Events
   6.  You Have Questions, We Have Answers
   

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6. Green-e Climate Growth
   0
   50,000
   100,000
   150,000
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   250,000
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   350,000
   2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
   metric tons CO2e
   (current Endorsed Programs only)
   

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7. Green-e Climate RY2013 Stats
   Supply
   •  8 projects, located in the US
   •  Project types: Coal mine methane capture (58%)
   Landfill gas methane capture (39%)
   Wind renewable energy (3%)
   •  Endorsed Programs: Verified Carbon Standard (85%)
   Climate Action Reserve (15%)
   Sales
   •  Total volume of certified offsets sold = 104,912 tCO2e
   •  Nearly 100% offline OTC to commercial buyers
   •  One-time (41%) or multi-year (59%) sales
   •  Buyers located in the US or Canada, vast majority in the US
   •  Majority of sales made to buyers in New York, also had the largest number of
   customers
   

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10. Green-e Marketplace >500 Products
    

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12. Events
    Electric
    Vehicles
    

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15. Equivalent to powering over 1/4 of U.S. households for 1 Month
    

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27. 5%
    increase in retail MWh certified to residential customers
    compared to 2012
    7%
    increase in # of customers buying Green-e Energy certified
    products compared to 2012
    26%
    average increase per year in total MWh certified since 2008
    Green-e Energy
    

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28. Download the report on December 2
    at www.green-e.org.
    

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29. Renewable Energy Markets 2014
    December 2–4, 2014 | Sacramento, CA
    www.renewableenergymarkets.com
    Upcoming Events
    

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30. ?
    

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31. Jeff Swenerton
    Communications Director
    Center for Resource Solutions
    415-561-2119
    jeff@resource-solutions.org
    CONTACT
    

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