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Meet the WattCarbon team this week at #VERGE2024 by Trellis Group. Our co-founder & CEO McGee Young, head of marketing & partnerships Sarah Emery, and product manager Julia Bunte-Mein will be there in full force, Oct 29-31. If you're a decarbonizer with sustainability goals, we'd love to share investment opportunities around buildings and whole value chain decarb. Drop us a note, info@wattcarbon.com. #Decarbonization #CleanEnergy #CleanEnergyInvestment

Did you know – the plastic industry's annual emissions are four times greater than those of the aviation industry? If you want to join others in taking action, join the Business Coalition for a Global Plastics Treaty. More information 👇 https://lnkd.in/gqr4Z-7J

"You can't pick and choose the electrons!" ICYMI: Lincoln speaks with McGee Young, founder and CEO of WattCarbon, about the complexities of measuring and valuing climate impacts from clean energy investments. They discuss the significant financial investments in renewable energy, the challenges of accurately measuring carbon impacts, and the need for innovative solutions beyond renewable energy credits to support both decarbonization and equity. Some key takeaways: - The world is investing trillions (with a "t"!) in renewable energy. - Corporate investments in clean energy are driven by survival. - 50% of emissions reduction potential lies in the last mile of energy use. - Renewable energy credits often misrepresent actual climate benefits. - Outdated metrics hinder accurate carbon impact measurement. - Valuing clean energy should include environmental justice and resilience. - Equitable financing solutions are essential for energy access. Want to hear more? Website: www.climatepluspod.com Spotify: https://lnkd.in/gQ56-Kwu Apple: https://lnkd.in/gm4-mMYu YouTube: https://lnkd.in/g-d8h2aF Deezer: https://lnkd.in/gQ7_NeCQ Stitcher: https://lnkd.in/gBPnKXHy Pandora: https://lnkd.in/gkmC-qMe @climatepluspodcast

The power of DERs can be unlocked through Virtual Power Plants (VPPs), when hundreds of thousands of individual devices coordinate to operate like a traditional power plant. Learn more, in our latest explainer 👉 #cleanenergy #renewableenergy #DERs #VPP #energytransition

We're joining CBT Architects Climate Beacon in Boston this week. If you're in the commercial real estate sector and are trying to figure out how to decarbonize your buildings, reach out to Juliana Press juliana@wattcarbon.com. #Decarbonization #CleanEnergy #RealEstate #Architects #Boston #ClimateBeacon2024 Boston Society for Architecture

Peaker plants: mega polluters, but totally avoidable. Requiring 50% more gas to operate than baseload gas plants, "peakers" typically sit adjacent to some of the most racially-segregated, economically disadvantaged communities in the country. Kept in the reserve for "peak" energy use times - typically between 5 p.m. and 10 p.m., peakers cater to booming US energy demand, but it comes at a cost. Luckily, there's a solution. Distributed energy resources (DERs), like rooftop solar panels, home batteries and smart thermostats, are flexible technologies designed to optimize energy use and can be deployed in unison across households and neighborhoods to solve the challenge of peak demand. Since the United States Energy Department is expecting 60 gigawatts of peak-demand growth in the U.S. by 2030, the equivalent of powering 60 million more homes every evening, we need to invest in DERs now to solve the problem of peak demand, without sacrificing our future. #peakdemand #energy #cleanenergy #renewableenergy #energydemand #utilities #vPPAs #EACs #DERs Source: RMI

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

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

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

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