How Implementation Details Mean a “100% Carbon-Free” Law Will Result in Something Far Less Ambitious This summer, the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) decided to reject a number of implementation...
APAC
Asia Pacific is Building the Next Generation of Clean-Power Markets
Reflections from EnergyTag’s October 2025 Journey Across Singapore, Taipei, and Shanghai In the last week of October 2025, the EnergyTag team travelled across Singapore, Taipei, and Shanghai for a series...
SBTi
A First Look: SBTi Corporate Net-Zero Standard, Scope 2 Proposal
On November 6, the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) released their revised draft of the Corporate Net-Zero Standard V2. This begins the start of a 30-day consultation with comments due...
GHGP
The First Look: Greenhouse Gas Protocol Scope 2 Proposed Updates
The Scope 2 accounting consultation recommends moving both market- and location-based methodologies towards greater temporal and spatial granularity (i.e. hourly and locational matching). These proposed changes are evidence-based, designed to...
US
Reform, Not Retreat: The Path Forward for Clean Energy Markets in the Face of New Critics
Today’s clean energy market rules no longer face criticism solely from the climate-minded hoping to improve the integrity of clean energy procurement. There is a new strategy from those who...
APAC
Smart Metering in India: Building a Digital Foundation for a 24/7 CFE Future
DISCOMs are at the center of India’s energy transition, responsible for delivering electricity to millions of consumers and integrating rapidly growing shares of renewable energy into the grid. But most...
GHGP
FAQ – Scope 2 Market-Based Updates
In a recent blog, we detailed why these updates to the Scope 2 market-based method are both necessary to improve the credibility and impact of market-based accounting, as well as...
GHGP
Scope 2 for the Age of Deep Decarbonization
In a recent blog post, the GHGP summarized the current proposal for updated inventory rules and potential consequential emissions reporting. Each author of this essay is honored to serve on...
Granular Accounting
EnergyTag Accredits First Granular Certificate Issuers, Marking a Major Milestone for Hourly Clean Energy Tracking
The two schemes differ in their underlying mechanism for issuing GCs and in geographical scope, highlighting the flexibility and broad applicability of the EnergyTag standard: Energinet, the Danish transmission system...
US
A North Star State Climate Policy: Hourly Matching in Minnesota
How recent recommendations for implementing their Carbon Free Standard law could pave the way for more ambitious state climate policy In 2023, Minnesota adopted an ambitious climate law to achieve...
Granular Accounting
It’s About Time (Part 2): Carbon Intensity
This blog follows up on “It’s About Time”, which looked at hourly clean electricity availability across global grids. In this second part, we dive deeper into the question: how carbon-intensive...
GHGP
GHG Protocol Scope 2 Update: 7 Key Messages
I am honoured to have been selected as a Scope 2 Technical Working Group (TWG) member, alongside dozens of global experts. All the slides and minutes from the TWG are...
APAC
India’s Green Hydrogen Ambitions: Can Its Certification Framework Support Global Trade?
Why Green Hydrogen Matters Green hydrogen, produced via electrolysis powered by renewable electricity, is critical for India’s decarbonization journey. It enables deep emissions reductions across hard-to-abate sectors such as steel,...
