Emergent Energy

Green RECs

Geothermal Renewable Energy Credits (GRECs)

Support ESG goals with verified geothermal RECs — sourced, tracked, and retired on your behalf with audit-ready attestation.

What Are Geothermal Renewable Energy Credits

GRECs certify the renewable and emissions attributes of geothermal electricity. Each MWh of qualifying generation creates one credit that can be sold, retired, or banked separately from the underlying energy commodity.

Voluntary vs. Compliance Markets

Voluntary buyers — corporates, universities, hospitals — purchase Green-e certified GRECs to back ESG claims. Compliance buyers — load-serving entities under RPS / AEPS — purchase eligible GRECs to satisfy state renewable mandates.

How GRECs Support ESG Goals

Retired GRECs reduce a buyer's market-based Scope 2 emissions and provide audit-ready evidence for CDP, GRI, TCFD, and SBTi reporting. Geothermal's 24/7 baseload profile is especially attractive for hourly-matched clean energy programs.

GREC Management

How Emergent Energy manages your GRECs

Corporate Sustainability

Annual GREC procurement aligned to your reported load, with Green-e Energy certified products and customizable vintage / region preferences.

Voluntary & Compliance

Single source for both voluntary ESG procurement and state RPS / AEPS compliance — across PJM-GATS, WREGIS, NEPOOL-GIS, and M-RETS.

Verified & Retired

We register, transfer, and retire every credit in the appropriate tracking system and deliver formal attestation suitable for external assurance.

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

What are GRECs?

A Geothermal Renewable Energy Credit (GREC) represents the environmental attributes of one megawatt-hour of electricity generated from a qualifying geothermal resource. Buyers retire GRECs to claim the underlying renewable generation against Scope 2 emissions and sustainability commitments.

What's the difference between voluntary and compliance markets?

Compliance GRECs satisfy state RPS / AEPS obligations and trade in tightly regulated tracking systems with set vintage and eligibility rules. Voluntary GRECs are purchased by corporates, universities, and sustainability programs to back ESG claims and are typically Green-e Energy certified for marketing use.

How does Emergent source and verify GRECs?

We source GRECs directly from qualifying geothermal generators, register and track them through established attribute systems (PJM-GATS, WREGIS, NEPOOL-GIS, M-RETS), and retire them on the buyer's behalf with attestation documentation suitable for CDP, GRI, and SEC climate disclosures.

Add verified geothermal to your ESG mix

Share your annual load and reporting framework and we'll quote a Green-e certified GREC procurement plan.