Join the Solar Club
The Solar Club was created by Green
aggregation program (more on that in
refer to simply as carbon credits.
Alberta Energy in partnership with
a bit).
A carbon credit represents a one-
over 25 local energy marketers, with the goal of helping customers capitalize on the investment they made by installing a small microgeneration system. If you’ve taken the time and made the decision to invest in solar on your home, farm, commercial building, or irrigation
By the end of 2021, Solar Club Members had exported a combined 23.6 million kWh since the program’s inception. We estimate that by the end of 2022 this number will grow by another 25 million kWh, bringing the total to almost 50 million kWh
tonne reduction in or removal of atmospheric carbon dioxide or equivalent (CO2e). Carbon credits are generated from projects, such as your solar system, that prevent emissions that would have taken place without the project.
of green energy shipped to the grid.
Participation in our Carbon Offset
That means that we are on track to
Credit Platform is easy! In just three
see the total amount of green energy
easy steps, you can be on the way to
Launched in 2019, the Solar Club hit
being exported back to the grid hit 100
generating and selling your carbon
the ground running with members
million kWh by 2024, beating our 2030
credits.
profiting by over $1 million in the
goal by six years!
field - the Solar Club was created just for you.
first year alone. Flash forward to the present, and it’s estimated that by the end of 2022, in aggregate, Solar Club Members will have received a combined value of $7.5 million! Those earnings come from exports
1. Choose either a fixed price or
In a huge boost to our Solar Club
variable price and register using
program, we are thrilled to be
the online form. Our aggregators
partnering with Radicle Balance and
will assess your enrollment
Solar Offset for our Carbon Offset
and determine if you qualify to
Credit Platform.
participate.*
to the grid, free RECs, the cash back
Your solar PV system’s electrical
program, and the value of carbon
generation represents carbon offset
verification period, at which point
offsets purchased through our
credit generation, which we also
your credits will be verified and
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2. Run your system as normal until the
