Voluntary clean energy markets have been crucial in accelerating large-scale wind and solar projects. 70% of new utility-scale wind and solar projects deployed in 2023 were financed by corporate clean energy buyers, according to the Clean Energy Buyers Association (CEBA). Historically, these markets have allowed corporations to invest in renewable energy projects in exchange for renewable energy certificates (RECs), which they can use to meet their sustainability goals. However, RECs only value energy generation, not energy saved or shifted, nor carbon emissions avoided. Consequently, these legacy energy markets fail to extend the same credit for investing in distributed clean energy technologies like batteries, despite their instrumental role in managing peak energy demand. By valuing the environmental benefits of DERs, we can open them up to investment through energy attribute certificates (EACs), a granular solution that tracks and values all attributes — including energy and carbon-emission savings. EACs can unlock corporate capital to incentivize the development of new distributed energy resources, from smart thermostats and heat pumps to rooftop solar and batteries. Read more on why DERs offer a compelling solution for clean energy buyers: https://lnkd.in/gFJT3PUE #cleanenergy #energy #renewableenergy #EACs #RECs
WattCarbon
Software Development
Lafayette, CA 2,648 followers
The next frontier of carbon impact. Invest in local clean energy projects.
About us
WattCarbon is an energy procurement platform that’s scaling the transition by making high impact clean energy accessible to any organization. Home to the WattCarbon Energy Attribute Tracking System (WEATS), the first ever registry designed specifically for distributed energy resources. WEATS supports granular, hourly procurement, enabling buying for any hour, from any clean energy resource.
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- Industry
- Software Development
- Company size
- 2-10 employees
- Headquarters
- Lafayette, CA
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 2021
- Specialties
- decarbonization, energy, software, sustainability, ESG, carbon accounting, and net zero
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Employees at WattCarbon
Updates
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Minneapolis, MN played host to our Q4 offsite. As a fully remote team, coming together every quarter is an essential part of our culture and keeping connected. As well as a ton of product road mapping, BD breakouts, and engineering huddles, highlights included: 🥌 A team curling session 🥐 Cinnabons & "jucy lucy's" 👩🏫 A lunch 'n' learn with Holly Lahd Hat tip to the Midwest hospitality and Minnesotan charm that ensured we had a great stay in the land of 10,000 Lakes. Here's to Q4! #decarbonization #carbonaccounting #cleanenergy #greenfinance #climatefinance #climateaction #minnesota #minneapolis
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WattCarbon reposted this
In the latest @Cipher News Voices article, McGee Young, CEO of WattCarbon, explains how utilities’ reliance on gas peaker plants is unsustainable. But there’s a solution: Distributed Energy Resources (DERs), including rooftop solar and batteries, managed through Virtual Power Plants (VPPs) — that’ll save energy and emissions. Learn more in Cipher: https://nt-z.ro/3BKhxYp
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What's your one wish for your decarbonization toolkit? Share your answer in the comments below and see how many you can complete. Let's go decarbonize! #decarbonization #scope3 #netzero
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Our latest thinking, in Cipher News.
We can meet surging energy demand with distributed energy resources, like rooftop solar panels, home batteries and smart thermostats, but we need new market mechanisms to unlock the potential of these tools, writes McGee Young of WattCarbon in a #Voices article. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gFJT3PUE
To address surging power demand, let’s value all clean energy - Cipher News
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What are the benefits of investing in distributed energy resources? 👉 Read more, in our latest piece for Cipher News: https://lnkd.in/gFJT3PUE #cleanenergy #electricity #renewableenergy #fossilfuels #DERs #VPPs McGee Young
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To meet surging energy demand without building new fossil fuel power plants, we need to embrace new zero-carbon energy technologies — and new market mechanisms to finance them – writes McGee Young in Cipher News today. Outlining the old way (peaker plants), and the new way (distributed energy), Young depicts an equitable and abundant future, as powered by the homes we already live in, and the businesses we already run. ⚡ Read more: https://lnkd.in/gFJT3PUE #cleanenergy #electricity #renewableenergy #fossilfuels #DERs #VPPs Many thanks to Jillian Mock and Cipher!
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How much pollution is your clean energy investment actually cutting? McGee Young joins Lincoln Bleveans on the Climate+ podcast to discuss the solutions to measuring, verifying, and valuing the actual climate impacts of your renewable energy production. Tune in to learn: ⚙️ How to measure climate benefit 🔌 Why not all clean energy is made equal ⚡ How to invest in the right sorts of renewable energy Listen now: https://lnkd.in/exytdmnH #cleanenergy #renewableenergy #cleanenergyinvestment #climateaction
Climate+ Episode 3 McGee Young @ Watt Carbon
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Transsolar KlimaEngineering and WattCarbon's partnership to invest in rooftop solar projects in West Virginia, with the aim to reduce 200 tons of carbon emissions this year, as featured in Solar Industry. "WattCarbon is providing measurement and verification services to certify hourly solar generation from Solar Holler projects, which will be tracked by WattCarbon’s EAC registry, WEATS," reports Erin O'Connor. ⚡ Read more: https://lnkd.in/guxBj7iq #solar #decarbonization #renewables #ESG #solarenergy #renewableenergy #EACs
Transsolar, WattCarbon Partner on Decarbonizing Coal Country - Solar Industry
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An incredible night to round out #ClimateWeekNYC at our event in East Village. Thank you to all our guests, speakers, and team who showed up to chat all things battery storage with us. We hope you came away feeling charged up about the battery storage opportunity and made some great new connections. 🔋 Particular thanks goes to Jacob Mansfield, Tierra Climate, Duncan S. Campbell, Scale Microgrids, Sam Calisch, Copper, McGee Young, Sarah Emery. 👏 We hope you had a fantastic week in NYC – we certainly did! #batterystorage #batteries #cleanenergy #renewables