US market for certified renewable energy grows 45 per cent
Article Type: News From: Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal, Volume 21, Issue 2
More than half a million residential and 20,000 commercial customers purchased 13TWh of certified renewable energy last year, according to the Center for Resource Solutions (CRS). Each year, CRS releases a ‘Green-e Verification Report’ to detail the market for certified green power, which includes green pricing programmes and renewable energy certificate sales as well as companies which buy renewable energy.
In 2008, sales of Green-e Energy Certified renewable energy were up 45 per cent from 2007, to more than 13TWh. The number of residential and commercial customers was nearly double the previous year. Despite the economic slowdown,the organisations of all sizes, which participated in the US market for Green-e power purchased 2.9TWh of renewable energy, a record high, notes the annual report of CRS.
