How to account for exported solar electricity [new approach by Climate Active]

December 5, 2018 at 10:52 am

Please refer to the blog post ‘What you need to know about the new Climate Active electricity carbon accounting rules‘ for more updates. This blog post has been updated in Dec 19 to reflect the re-branding of NCOS to ‘Climate Active’.  The treatment of energy generated from solar PV systems is an important consideration for … Continue reading How to account for exported solar electricity [new approach by Climate Active]

Buying renewable energy via a Power Purchase Agreement, Part 2, PPA options [includes infographics]

November 28, 2018 at 8:00 am

In part one of this series, we introduced buying renewable energy via a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA). In this article – part two, we are looking at the main PPA options. PPA contract models A number of PPA models have been developed to enable the purchase of renewables in recent years, including sleeved PPAs, direct … Continue reading Buying renewable energy via a Power Purchase Agreement, Part 2, PPA options [includes infographics]

Buying renewable energy via a Power Purchase Agreement, Part 1, Introduction

November 21, 2018 at 8:30 am
An introduction to PPAs

In a previous blog post, we analysed eight ways to reach 100% renewable electricity, looking at several buy and build options. In last week’s blog post, we investigated various EPC (build) options. In today’s article, we will shed more light on buying renewables via Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs). In next week’s blog post (Part 2), … Continue reading Buying renewable energy via a Power Purchase Agreement, Part 1, Introduction