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What is a Renewable Energy Certificate?

Watch our short animated video to help illustrate how RECs work, including how they are created, tracked, traded, and finally sold to end users.

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2015 Green-e Verification Report

Just Released: The 2015 Green-e Verification Report, detailing the clean energy market movers for 2015 including generation, utility and community green power programs, RECs, and more.

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Committing to 100% Clean Energy

Powering our lives with 100% clean energy won't be easy, but it is possible in a single lifetime if we just commit to it. Watch our recent short video and join our vision for a clean energy future.

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Policies for Enabling Corporate Sourcing of Renewable Energy Internationally

This paper from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), co-authored by Todd Jones and Orrin Cook from CRS, explores the policy and regulatory enabling environment for corporate sourcing of renewables. It was developed in support of the Corporate Sourcing of Renewables Campaign, which was launched at the Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM) meeting in June 2016. Through the campaign, a subset of CEM member governments collaborates with corporate and nongovernmental organization partners to facilitate increased corporate procurement of renewables and pursue supportive policies for corporate procurement.

Solar Energy on Campus (Part IV: Community Purchasing Campaigns and Renewable Energy Usage Claims)

This document focuses on Solarize Campaigns, a community solar option available to higher education institutions.

Solar Energy on Campus (Part III: Key Considerations for Solar Developers Working With Higher Education Institutions)

This document outlines best practices for developers marketing renewable energy products to customers, some of the risks and consequences associated with misleading marketing, and additional factors that solar developers need to consider when creating a marketing strategy and associated materials.

The Greenhouse Gas Benefits of Renewable Energy Purchases

A fact sheet providing guidance on communicating the benefits of renewable energy purchases.

2015 Green-e Verification Report

Results and analysis of the 2015 reporting year for the Green‑e certification program. Green‐e Energy certified retail sales reached over 44 million megawatt‐hours (MWh) in 2015, the highest number of certified retail MWh in Green-e history and equivalent to over 1.2% of the total U.S. electricity mix.

Making Credible Renewable Electricity Usage Claims

“Making credible renewable electricity usage claims” from RE100 is a technical deep-dive into corporate transparency and credibility, and shows companies how to accurately describe their use of renewable electricity. It is authored by members of the RE100 Technical Advisory Group, which provides RE100 companies with best practice guidance on the use of renewable power, to help them progress their journeys to being 100% powered by renewable electricity.

How Renewable Energy Certificates Make a Difference

A fact sheet explaining the impacts and benefits of buying renewable energy through renewable energy certificates (RECs).

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What is a Renewable Energy Certificate?

2015 Green-e Verification Report

Committing to 100% Clean Energy

Featured Publications

Policies for Enabling Corporate Sourcing of Renewable Energy Internationally

Solar Energy on Campus (Part IV: Community Purchasing Campaigns and Renewable Energy Usage Claims)

Solar Energy on Campus (Part III: Key Considerations for Solar Developers Working With Higher Education Institutions)

The Greenhouse Gas Benefits of Renewable Energy Purchases

2015 Green-e Verification Report

Making Credible Renewable Electricity Usage Claims

How Renewable Energy Certificates Make a Difference

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Welcome to Center for Resource Solutions

Since 1997

Technical and Policy Leadership

Green-e

Renewable Energy & Climate Change Solutions

Celebrating 20 Years, 1997–2017

Celebrating 20 Years

What is a Renewable Energy Certificate?

2015 Green-e Verification Report

Committing to 100% Clean Energy

Featured Publications

Policies for Enabling Corporate Sourcing of Renewable Energy Internationally

Solar Energy on Campus (Part IV: Community Purchasing Campaigns and Renewable Energy Usage Claims)

Solar Energy on Campus (Part III: Key Considerations for Solar Developers Working With Higher Education Institutions)

The Greenhouse Gas Benefits of Renewable Energy Purchases

2015 Green-e Verification Report

Making Credible Renewable Electricity Usage Claims

How Renewable Energy Certificates Make a Difference

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