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How smart / green are we all 4-Dec-2008 At 11:24:10 AM Atomic_Tomatoes

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On 4/12/2008 evanbb wrote:
>On 3/12/2008 Atomic_Tomatoes wrote:
>>Retire them? RECs are created then sold then they are retired?
>>
>>Sydney Water generates their own power to use at some treatment plants
>>where almost all of the power is used onsite does this mean you are eligible
>>for RECs because you used 'greenpower' to power your own site rather
>than
>>getting it from the grid.
>>
>>Surely at some stage there must be a saturation point, greenpower bought
>>vs available greenpower. And not just creating/buying/selling RECs.
>
>
>I don't quite understand the "saturation point" comment, but I'll have
>a crack. RECs can be created indefinitely, and banked. SW has RECs still
>they created in 1993. So, you hold onto them as long as you want, and cancel
>bits of your emissions as you go.

Thanks for your response Evan.
I was asking the question in relation to the genaral public (households) buying greenpower from suppliers.
mwh bought vs actual green mwh produced. I am talking about real green power being produced not greenpower by creating buying and selling RECs.