Greenbuild Carbon Offset

Prior to the project, BEPC obtained power from other resources in its portfolio, which consisted predominantly of fossil fuel and other renewable generation resources. South Dakota, the project location, is one of the best wind resources in the USA. No other wind project in the country has used this ownership structure, which has yielded many benefits to the community surrounding the Crow Lake project. The local residents involved in the project have taken the opportunity to gain ownership of their energy production and ensure that jobs and taxes stay in the local area. Local economic development is further boosted thanks to the distribution of payments across multiple landowners where the project takes place. Furthermore students at MTI now have the opportunity to gain practical experience working with wind turbines, adding another dimension to their studies, helping them to get a job later on. The project displaces fossil-fuel generated energy; meeting growing demands with clean energy and helping drive a low carbon future in the USA.

This project replaces the use of fossil fuels to provide clean, renewable electricity for the Indian grid in the Rajasthan region of India. Solar power will cut greenhouse gas emissions and combat the growing effects of climate change, which are impacting rural communities in this part of India. This project reduces India's reliance on carbon-intensive energy sources and supports its forward-thinking renewable energy targets and boosts local economies by providing job and training opportunities. As well as these direct benefits, the project funds a number of additional initiatives for local communities: installing solar streetlights, giving solar lamps to local families, and upgrading the village health clinic to ensure 24x7 uninterrupted access to electricity. On top of these, the project has installed new solar-powered toilets for two secondary schools and improved clean water access for the local police station and school.

Firewood and charcoal are often the predominant source of energy for cooking and water boiling, especially in rural areas of Rwanda. Cooking is generally carried out on thermally inefficient traditional devices and produces large amounts of smoke and indoor air pollution. This project seeks to replace traditional devices with fuel-efficient stoves that have been designed to balance efficiency, safety, cost, stability and using locally available materials. By reducing the consumption of non-renewable wood and providing cookstoves with fuel savings, this project reduces the amount of greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere. A decrease of deforestation has a positive impact on biodiversity. Households save money by having less fuel requirements for cooking the same amount of food and health is improved through the reduction of indoor air pollutants from cleaner cookstoves. The project also generates employment and income for people distribution and maintenance of the stoves, as well as training and employing community education staff.

This carbon sequestration project reduces emissions and ensures the permanent protection of around 8,200 acres of formerly logged, old-growth Sitka Spruce forests on the north coast of Afognak Island, Alaska, the second-largest island in the Kodiak Archipelago off Alaska’s southern coast. The use of federal and state conservation easements ensures that this land will be managed for conservation in perpetuity, even after the project’s 30-year crediting period elapses. The Afognak Forest Carbon project enhances biodiversity, water, and biodiversity such as such as the huge Kodiak brown bear, and all attributes of the local environment by retaining and protecting the existing forest as an intact, fully functioning ecosystem.