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Making Voluntary Markets for Clean Electricity Work
In 2023 and 2024, CRS brought together a small group of market-leading corporate and federal clean electricity buyers, key non-governmental organizations, and other leading voices to discuss voluntary strategies to transform the clean electricity market. While the group had diverse perspectives on impactful clean electricity procurement and grid decarbonization pathways, several shared core principles and …
Download the ReportClean Fuels in the Aviation Sector
Aviation contributes significantly to global greenhouse gas emissions, and sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs) offer a promising pathway to decarbonize the industry. However, despite their potential, SAFs currently make up less than 0.1% of global aviation fuel. This background report, the first sector-specific background report released by CRS’s Clean Energy Accounting Project (CEAP) as part of …
Download the ReportGuidance for Calculating Residual Mix
Residual mixes are the attributes of unallocated or unclaimed energy delivered to customers on the electricity grid and are a critical tool that prevents the double counting of clean energy and supports accurate calculations of greenhouse gas emissions resulting from electricity use. To date, there has been no consensus on what data is needed and …
Download the ReportResidual Mix Applications and Existing Data
This document, released by CRS’s Clean Energy Accounting Project (CEAP), is intended to provide background on how residual mixes (electricity delivered as part of system mix and untracked or unclaimed energy) and associated emissions should be defined and calculated in the U.S. for different uses. Residual mix calculations are often used for greenhouse gas emissions …
Download the ReportGuidance for Supplier Clean Electricity Procurement
Companies working to increase clean electricity use in their upstream supply chains have lacked guidance on how to design clean electricity procurement programs with comparable criteria and metrics that meet their unique needs while supporting global supplier action. This Clean Energy Accounting Project (CEAP) Guidance for Supplier Clean Electricity Procurement (the guidance) was designed through …
Download the ReportScope 3 GHG Accounting for Upstream Clean Electricity Use
In recent years, companies have begun working to reduce electricity-related greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in their upstream supply chains and support supply chain practices that advance clean energy worldwide. However, companies implementing these actions struggle to reflect the carbon free attributes of supplier clean electricity use in their scope 3 footprints. This Clean Energy Accounting Project …
Download the ReportThe Legal Basis for Renewable Energy Certificates
There is a strong legal basis for the use of renewable energy certificates (RECs) as instruments that represent the attributes of renewable electricity generation and are used to demonstrate renewable electricity purchasing, delivery, and use within the broader context of functioning voluntary and compliance renewable electricity markets. This document provides a summary of different selected …
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