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ISSUE BRIEF: Tradable Renewable Certificates and Emissions Values: The CRS Perspective on Best Practices in Marketing (March 2004): This report offers a summary of best practices in marketing related to emissions credits and tradable renewable certificates. Specifically, it covers issues related to disaggregation and the emissions values associated with a unit of renewable energy generation.
ISSUE BRIEF: The Need for Green-e Certification and Verification
In an Era of Renewable Energy Tracking Systems (March 2004): This report summarizes the essential consumer protection functions of Green-e certification and verification that renewable energy tracking systems do not perform.
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