Does the purchase of voluntary renewable energy certificates lead to emission reductions? A review of studies quantifying the impact

L Langer, M Brander, SM Lloyd, D Keles… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2024 - Elsevier
The conditions under which companies can report their use of renewable electricity are
currently under scrutiny for their effectiveness in reducing overall emissions. We contribute …

Proposed guidelines for US Scope 2 GHG reduction claims with renewable energy certificates

S Robinson, G Sullivan - The Electricity Journal, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract In the United States and Canada, individual states and provinces control their
consumer energy markets. Under the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) …

The promotion of innovation in regulated network industries

SR Mirnezami - International Review of Environmental and …, 2021 - nowpublishers.com
The capital intensive network industries such as electricity and gas delivery infrastructures
exhibit natural monopoly characteristics because of their high economy of scale relative to …

Up to half of companies would be behind on their climate targets under stricter scope 2 accounting rules

A Bjørn, JF Lund, M Brander - Environmental Research Letters, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Companies have been accused of overstating their scope 2 emission reductions through
purchases of ineffective renewable energy certificates. Therefore, several actors have …

Operational Emissions in Prosuming Dwellings: A Study Comparing Different Sources of Grid CO2 Intensity Values in South Wales, UK

JP Fernández Goycoolea, G Zapata-Lancaster… - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
This paper analysed operational CO2 emissions from electricity grid interaction in
photovoltaic prosumer dwellings in South Wales, UK. Operational CO2 emissions were …